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AmedMesa
Copper Contributor
Oct 23, 2019

Combo box with "All" added to query and sorted on top.

I have a category list that will be added to a combo box.  Here is my SQL....   SELECT tblCategoryList.Category FROM tblCategoryList UNION SELECT "All" FROM tblCategoryList ORDER BY tblCategor...
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    AmedMesa
    Oct 25, 2019

    Thanks guys for helping me solve my issue. Here is my working code:

    ' SELECT tblCategoryList.Category As Category, "1" As ID
    ' FROM tblCategoryList
    ' UNION
    ' SELECT "All Tags", 0
    ' FROM tblCategoryList
    ' ORDER BY ID, Category;

    Basically I created a row in SQL called ID and all records added from the tblCategoryList table are labeled 1 under ID. The Union adds the "All Tags" and under the ID column the row is identified with 0. Then I sort via ID and followed by Category. Now I can keep the order ascending and no matter what the "All Tags" remains on top.

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George_Hepworth
Silver Contributor
Oct 24, 2019

Try " All" instead of "All"

 

However, I agree that you may have a problem here. If the table called "tblCategoryList" has a single field called "Category", then the current design is appropriate. If, on the other hand, "tblCategoryList" has an ID field for its Primary Key (using the AutoNumber), then that is the appropriate field to be used in the combo box as the bound column, while the value field, "Category" would only be displayed to users.

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