Simple Value List Question

[ddreese]

I have a psuedo-stupid question. I'm using value lists for certain fields to reduce data entry errors. For instance, I have a value list containing counties, like "Lycoming" and "Clinton".

My question is, when a user selects one of those choices, could I have it actually stored as a number? We have to do reports for the states that use codes for the counties, like clinton is 18, lycoming is 41. Thanks!

[BobWeaver]

The easiest way to do this is to create a value list with both the number and name in it, like:

18 Clinton

41 Lycoming

etc.

Then make calculated field "CountyNumber" with the formula

LeftWords(CountyNameNo,1)

where CountyNameNo is the field that was filled from the valuelist. You can also separate out the County Name with this formula:

MiddleWords(CountyNameNo,2,100)

[ddreese]

Thanks, Bob. That should work nicely