MS Access — choose field based on cell contents
Other than building an IIF statement for an Access field in a query, how can I use the cell contents to determine what field I pull data from?
I have a date field and depending on the date I would like to pull data from a different fields (ie: if the date is 1/1/2018 I want to pull from FieldA, if the date is 2/1/2018, I want to pull from FieldB. In the past, I have done that with a long IIF statement, but I wanted to know if there was a more elegant/simpler way.
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Other than building an IIF statement for an Access field in a query, how can I use the cell contents to determine what field I pull data from?
I have a date field and depending on the date I would like to pull data from a different fields (ie: if the date is 1/1/2018 I want to pull from FieldA, if the date is 2/1/2018, I want to pull from FieldB. In the past, I have done that with a long IIF statement, but I wanted to know if there was a more elegant/simpler way.
ms-access-2016
asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:49
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Other than building an IIF statement for an Access field in a query, how can I use the cell contents to determine what field I pull data from?
I have a date field and depending on the date I would like to pull data from a different fields (ie: if the date is 1/1/2018 I want to pull from FieldA, if the date is 2/1/2018, I want to pull from FieldB. In the past, I have done that with a long IIF statement, but I wanted to know if there was a more elegant/simpler way.
ms-access-2016
asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:49
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31
Other than building an IIF statement for an Access field in a query, how can I use the cell contents to determine what field I pull data from?
I have a date field and depending on the date I would like to pull data from a different fields (ie: if the date is 1/1/2018 I want to pull from FieldA, if the date is 2/1/2018, I want to pull from FieldB. In the past, I have done that with a long IIF statement, but I wanted to know if there was a more elegant/simpler way.
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ms-access-2016
asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:49
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:49
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:49
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:49
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:49
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I'd consider Switch function a bit more elegant.
Eg.
SELECT
Switch(
date < 'xxx', FieldA,
date >= 'xxx', FieldB
) AS field
FROM table;
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:56
Simo ErkinheimoSimo Erkinheimo
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I'd consider Switch function a bit more elegant.
Eg.
SELECT
Switch(
date < 'xxx', FieldA,
date >= 'xxx', FieldB
) AS field
FROM table;
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:56
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I'd consider Switch function a bit more elegant.
Eg.
SELECT
Switch(
date < 'xxx', FieldA,
date >= 'xxx', FieldB
) AS field
FROM table;
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:56
Simo ErkinheimoSimo Erkinheimo
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I'd consider Switch function a bit more elegant.
Eg.
SELECT
Switch(
date < 'xxx', FieldA,
date >= 'xxx', FieldB
) AS field
FROM table;
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:56
Simo ErkinheimoSimo Erkinheimo
1,177716
I'd consider Switch function a bit more elegant.
Eg.
SELECT
Switch(
date < 'xxx', FieldA,
date >= 'xxx', FieldB
) AS field
FROM table;
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:56
Simo ErkinheimoSimo Erkinheimo
1,177716
edited Nov 20 '18 at 14:03
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:56
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answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:56
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