Re: Field 'disappears' from table ...

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Allen

I've run your suggestion in the Immediate window and it merely returns the
answer "2". I've run it against other tables and fields at random but all I
get is an integer - is this correct?

Robin

"Allen Browne" <AllenBrowne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Okay it's there, but it's hidden for some reason, possibly associated with
replication.

What did the code reveal as the Name, Field Type, and Size of the field?

What does Access report as the Attributes of this field?
Open the Immediate Window (Ctrl+G), and enter:
? CurrentDb.TableDefs("Table1").Fields("Field1").Attributes
substituting your table and field names for Table1 and Field1.

The information about the field name, type, size, and attributes may help
us identify what's going on.

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Robin" <robin_irving@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Interesting...

I've just run the 'Documenter' on the table and in the Object Definition
report the current 'invisible' field is documented...

"Allen Browne" <AllenBrowne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If this happens with one particular table, it might be understandable.
If you can repeat this with any table in any database, I have no idea
what's going on.

A column can disappear from Datasheet view quite easily. A field
disappearing from Table view is rare.

It might help to programmatically loop through the fields in this
TableDef, and see if Access reports any that don't show in table design
view. Here's the code to loop the fields:
http://allenbrowne.com/func-06.html
It could be informative to examine the Attributes of the field as well,
to see if they are hidden or system fields.

I assume this is not a replicated database.

"Robin" <robin_irving@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That's not exactly what's happening... On odd occasions I make a new
field in design view, save the table and switch to data entry mode -
and the *new* field is nowhere to be seen. So I think, 'duh, forgot to
save my changes' and attempt to remake the field (using the same name)
and get the message that it can't be done as a field with that name
already exists... So instead of calling my new field "NewField", I call
it "NewField1" - now when I go to enter data, "NewField" is visible but
"NewField1" is not.

So the last made field is always invisible...

Robin


"Allen Browne" <AllenBrowne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You are saying that you eliminated the amazing Name AutoCorrupt
feature as suggested, performed a compact/repair, checked everything
is okay, and then as soon as you added a new field to your table, you
instantly lost one of your existing ones?

Something is *drastically* wrong here. Under rare circumstances, it is
possible for a field to go bad, but it is not possible for any normal
database to have a repeatable problem like that.

"Robin" <robin_irving@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the quick reply Allen.

Your suggestions don't seem to have made any difference - I think
there must be some more basic corruption creeping in.

The problem has occurred before - I thought I'd better check first
around the Web if it was a well known glitch before I asked on a
newsgroup - but apparently not...

Robin


"Allen Browne" <AllenBrowne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Never seen that. Something is wrong with the database.

You haven't just typed over the top of one of the fields, replacing
it with something else?

Try these basic repair steps.
1. Uncheck the boxes under:
Tools | Options | General | Name AutoCorrect
Explanation of why:
http://allenbrowne.com/bug-03.html

2. Compact the database to get rid of this junk:
Tools | Database Utilities | Compact/Repair

3. Close Access. Make a backup copy of the file. Decompile the
database by entering something like this at the command prompt while
Access is not running. It is all one line, and include the quotes:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft office\office\msaccess.exe"
/decompile
"c:\MyPath\MyDatabase.mdb"

4. Open Access (holding down the Shift key if you have any startup
code), and compact again.

"Robin" <robin_irving@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've had this happen a couple of times (and have worked out a
workaround) but was wondering whether anyone can shed any light on
it.

I'll edit the design of a table by adding a new field and when I go
to enter data in it ... it's not there... so I attempt to remake
the field and (if I use the same name) I'm told that a field of
that name already exists - but I can't see it.

When this hapens in a table my workaround involves adding yet
another field (called something like 'empty') and the previous one
reappears (but the field called 'empty' is invisible)

Has anyone seen this before? Any explanations?




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