On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 17:35 +0100, Michael Barley wrote:
> I am trying to use this programme on an iMac (OS-X Snow Leopard) to catalogue
> my library of classical CDs. In the table I frequently need to copy a value
> in a field into the cell below it - e.g., "BACH, Johann Sebastian
> (1685-1750)". In Microsoft Access, this is easily done by means of <Ctrl+'
> >, but I cannot find any way of doing this in Base. There is a copy/paste
> facility but this seems a bit cumbersome and fiddly. Can anybody suggest
> anything?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michael Barley--
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Probably your design for your database needs to be changed. It
appears you are using a flat database when you should be using a
relational database. Used properly, a relational database will eliminate
the need for copying information from one cell to another on a regular
basis.
Dan
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