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adiarnon
Creator III
Creator III

KEY TABLE - problem

hi,

i created a kay table.

one of the fields in this table is date

when im creating a list box of the date field i see duplications:

like-

1/1/12

1/1/12

1/1/12

2/1/12

3/1/12

3/1/12

...

can someone halp me to understand why?

i need that each value will be shown once...

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jonathandienst
Partner - Champion III
Partner - Champion III

Hi

This is most likely because those dates contain a time portion which is hidden by the format. Test this by using Num(date) in a list box - you will see a fractional part which is the time.

Load with the Floor() function to get a clean date or use Date(Floor(date)) in the list box.

HTH

Jonathan

Logic will get you from a to b. Imagination will take you everywhere. - A Einstein

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jonathandienst
Partner - Champion III
Partner - Champion III

Hi

This is most likely because those dates contain a time portion which is hidden by the format. Test this by using Num(date) in a list box - you will see a fractional part which is the time.

Load with the Floor() function to get a clean date or use Date(Floor(date)) in the list box.

HTH

Jonathan

Logic will get you from a to b. Imagination will take you everywhere. - A Einstein
MayilVahanan

Hi

Try like this'

Load Date(floor(Datefield)) As Datefield  ...

Hope it helps

Thanks & Regards, Mayil Vahanan R
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