I have two questions about setting up MS Access forms:
1) Currently, I have a form to enter the volunteer id, shift start time and shift stop time, but the client doesn't want to have to look up the id in a report. Is there a way to create a selection list from the volunteer's names? What other options are there?
2) On the "add/edit a volunteer" form, I'd like to be able to choose tasks from a selection list. The tasks table has id and name. The "tasks of volunteers" join table has volunteer id and task id. How do I set this up? I can't seem to get the right combination of configurations.
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posted by philomathoholic
on Aug 5, 2009 -
7 answers
I want to record my parents telling the story of their lives. I would love to hear tips, pointers, guides, resources or your experiences of doing the same thing - anything which might help me do as good a job as possible would be appreciated.
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posted by therubettes
on Aug 5, 2009 -
15 answers
What are some things you wish you knew (or were glad you knew) before you moved into your first apartment with roommates? I'm looking for methods of splitting up chores, cooking, finances, resolving disputes, and dealing with common problems.
posted by yaymukund
on Aug 5, 2009 -
40 answers
Will frozen buttermilk thaw with its active cultures intact and...well...active? Ditto for yogurt.
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posted by peachfuzz
on Aug 5, 2009 -
7 answers
I know this is a semi-silly question with near infinite possibilities for answers, but what should I be doing to feel a little less like a tourist while I'm in Manhattan this weekend?
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posted by paxton
on Aug 5, 2009 -
43 answers
My doctor recently prescribed some Librium for awful stomach cramps. It seems that it is making all my food and drink now taste just terrible, like it's all got nutrasweet in it. I know the simple answer here is "just stop taking it", but that's really not an option.
The Google is useless on this, and I really miss drinking water that tastes like water, and not water with some awful chemical in it.
I guess, long question short:
Is this the medication causing this or do I have a brain tumor?
posted by reverendjim
on Aug 5, 2009 -
5 answers
Was a Ph.D. thesis actually written on Hillary Clinton's hairdos? If so how do I get a copy?
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posted by fishtree
on Aug 5, 2009 -
6 answers
Scootering back to Aus (Melbourne) from UK and want to transfer my motorcyle license.
I have a UK A1 class motorcycle license (A full A1 licence permits you to ride any motorcycle up to 125cc and a power output of up to 11kW (14.6 bhp) without `L' plates, carry pillion passengers and use motorways.) Can this be transferred to something useful back in Aus (Victoria) so I can ride a Vespa (150cc) with sitting any more tests or having L/P plates??
posted by lamby
on Aug 5, 2009 -
3 answers
On my left feet, there are a couple of spots (~7 of them). These spots are about 5 mm in diameter, and they occur at the pressure points of my feet. They appear to be places where the epidermis is unusually thickened. What are they?
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posted by moiraine
on Aug 5, 2009 -
12 answers
I have been getting weird Wordpress referrer spam the last 4 days, but there are no injections or anything of the like on my site.
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posted by tip120
on Aug 5, 2009 -
5 answers
At end of August, am heading from SF to Yosemite by Amtrak train+thruway coach, staying in the middle of the park valley for a couple of nights, then heading to Las Vegas for a couple more nights and flight back to the UK. It looks like Amtrak coach+train to Bakersfield, stay overnight there, then coach to Las Vegas is the obvious itinerary, otherwise it would be an extremely long day's travel. Any other suggestions, or anywhere better to break the trip? Many thanks.
posted by elliot100
on Aug 5, 2009 -
9 answers
A group of men from the US Government, a van and some dirty/emaciated kids? Where did I read about this supposedly true story?
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posted by ellighi
on Aug 5, 2009 -
2 answers
From what height would you need to drop a steak for it to be cooked (a) rare (b) medium-rare (c) well done by the heat of its passage through the atmosphere?
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posted by Hogshead
on Aug 4, 2009 -
15 answers
I leave for West Africa a week from today and am having a voltage converter issue. Which plug will work?
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posted by ekf
on Aug 4, 2009 -
3 answers
What's the shift pattern on a 1980 Toyota pickup? The 4-speed shifter, not the 4WD.
posted by attercoppe
on Aug 4, 2009 -
13 answers
Is it best to get a Vietnam / Cambodia visa from the consulate, or from one of the companies that provide visas to travelers?
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posted by pariser
on Aug 4, 2009 -
7 answers
Trying to rent a sail or motor boat on lake como in Italy. Preferably near mid-lake as I'm staying in varenna. Just looking for a small 2-3 seat sailboat ideally.
posted by patrad
on Aug 4, 2009 -
3 answers
Help me make SMS alerts on my Pre sound like the iPhone! I am looking for a .wav file of the little "bing! bing!" sound that the iPhone makes when it gets an SMS. Anyone have a copy or know where I could find one? Thanks!
posted by little_c
on Aug 4, 2009 -
13 answers
Can I safely disassemble my carousel-style CD player, or will the laser [blind me/ fry me/ cross the streams and produce total protonic reversal]?
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posted by Elsa
on Aug 4, 2009 -
9 answers
I process credit cards for a hospital -- mostly statements that patients have paid by mail.
Sometimes the patient will write "
TGFMAI" on the statement, under the amount. Does anyone know what could mean?
posted by Toothless Willy
on Aug 4, 2009 -
20 answers
I've picked up a freelance job writing simple financial-advice articles, but now and then the topics they give me to write about don't always work. Sometimes it's easy for me to spot the ones that don't make sense -- but not always, because I don't have a financial background. Can someone who does tell me if this statement (inside) about loans makes sense?
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posted by EmpressCallipygos
on Aug 4, 2009 -
6 answers
Are satellites (or satellite parts) ever made from metal salvaged from pre-1945 shipwrecks? Possibly to ensure that those metals were refined before atmospheric A-bomb explosions increased the background radiation levels?
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posted by metaBugs
on Aug 4, 2009 -
17 answers
We're a group artists in a non-profit and are currently using Facebook to organise ourselves. I find it lacking - it's not a platform with collaboration in mind, so I'm researching alternatives. Hlep!
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posted by monocultured
on Aug 4, 2009 -
5 answers
Swedish drunk text translation help please :) Note: may be slightly off color language, THAT word I think I recognize!
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posted by rampy
on Aug 4, 2009 -
14 answers
Tanks have long, high-friction tracks - good for going forwards, not so good for turning as the tracks would have to skid. What do tanks do to overcome this problem?
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posted by Mike1024
on Aug 4, 2009 -
20 answers
Since London's fickle summer is in full swing, I need recipes for dishes that can be eaten either hot or cold.
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posted by Mutant
on Aug 4, 2009 -
18 answers
I'm planning a whole lot of work for the back patio and yard, and I could use some advice about planning how it should go down.
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posted by tomwheeler
on Aug 3, 2009 -
3 answers
I don't normally wear orange, but my favorite shirt is an orange (soon to be an orange rag) that I cannot find a replacement of. SGI - Mars - sold at SIGGRAPH '98. A year or so later, I tried to get one from SGI by searching their store and writing the company, to no avail. Anyone know where I can find one that didn't get the tons of wear my holey one did?
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posted by tilde
on Aug 3, 2009 -
7 answers
Headhunter #1 calls me about Cool Hedge Fund (CHF) and wows me with stories of its coolness. He sends my resume. CHF "has already picked someone" and that is the end of that, I figure. A month, maybe two pass and I get a call from Headhunter #2: have I heard of Cool Hedge Fund? Would I be interested in a spot there? "Uh yeah I think I've heard of them... I suppose I would be interested" say I, nonchalantly failing to mention my prior submission through a different headhunter. This time they bite and I get a past the screener and the six-hour gruelling interview and find myself on the short list, one more interview away from the prize. All is well until one day Headhunter #1 finds out that I have interviewed with CHF under the auspices of a different headhunter. He mentions that were I to get the job, it would be a "big mess" - something about who gets fees, etc. What can I do? Who can I trust? Will it inevitably end in a battle with headhunters mounted on frothing lawyers and the CHF running away from the whole thing screaming?
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posted by Astragalus
on Aug 3, 2009 -
34 answers
We made a magazine all about pants. Not a fashion magazine or anything, just people writing/drawing/doing poems abut pants. Now it's time to launch it and I seem to need some pants-related songs for a radio show. Seems like a perfect question for the hive-mind. Any ideas?
posted by MrMisterio
on Aug 3, 2009 -
39 answers
We just came out of a real estate boom where a lot of ugly buildings were built and sold for a lot of money, some by celebrity architects. Why weren't any recent buildings built from or based on Frank Lloyd Wright designs? I'm sure the estate or the foundation or whatever would charge a lot of money for licensing, but the cachet surely would've done wonders for sale prices.
posted by moonmilk
on Aug 3, 2009 -
20 answers
I'm looking for a keyboard amplifier for use in a rock band. Is the roland kc-150 (65W) going to be loud enough or should I spring for the KC-350 (120W)? Or should I look for a bass amp?
posted by Tlogmer
on Aug 3, 2009 -
9 answers
