Two options I can think of
1/ Get Infopower from Woll2Woll
2/ Better still normalise your db so the link is to anothe table
rgds
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From: Patrick Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 8 September 1999 07:11
Subject: [DUG]: TDBGrid Lookup Field
>
> Is it possible to use a column and picklist on a TDBGrid.Column to look up
> values from a table?
>
> Suppose I have a table with rows that look like this
>
> Cat 1
> Fish 2
> Dog 3
> Pig 4
>
> and I have a field in a table that has a numerical field based on the
> numbers shown. But when I display the field's values in the grid, I want
to
> display the text value, and my picklist lets someone pick the text value
> when they are entering or changing the field, and they never actually see
> the number. Is it possible? How do I implement it?
>
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