Re: text box summing up other text box but going into table field

Thanks Marsh, so in the table just add the 3 fields together in a new
field right?

On Apr 9, 12:43 pm, Marshall Barton <marshbar...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ryan.fitzpatri...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a text box in a form that is linked to a table field. I want
this text box to sum up 3 other text boxes, how do I do this, will it
save that result in the table? Thanks

=textboxa + textboxb + textbox3

And no, that will not and should not save the total to a
table. Saving a value that can be calculated from other
values in the record might be an ok thing to do in a
spreadsheet, but is serious No-No in a database.

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Marsh
MVP [MS Access]

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