Copying Data from 1 field to multiple fields?

[Ruth Whitelaw]

Does anyone know of a way of copying data in 1 field in a
row to other multiple blank fields in a large table?

I have filtered records and want to copy a particular bit
of data to thousands of rows, where this field is
presently blank.

I have tried everything to no avail. Have looked at Access
help and spoken to the Office IT 'guru'. Have tried using
the mouse, keyboard and also 'find and replace'.

I know I could export the table into excel, copy this info
easily and then import back into the Access DB. However as
I have to do this exercise for numerous DBs I would rather
not.

There has to be a way surely?

Frustrated and Fed Up!

Frustrated

 

[Gerald Stanley]

Could you post to this thread the releavnt table layouts
indicating the location of the source data and the
destination columns.

Gerald Stanley MCSD

 

[Tim Ferguson]

I have filtered records and want to copy a particular bit
of data to thousands of rows, where this field is
presently blank.

UPDATE MyTable
SET MyField = "Something"
WHERE MyField IS NULL


Hope that helps


Tim F

 

[TC]

It sounds lots as if your database has not been properly normalized. If you
are not familiar with the terms "normalized", "primary key" and "foreign
key", you have some study to do! Start here for a dry, but instructive read:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q100139.ASP

HTH,
TC