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I don't use ACCESS/VBA a lot. I failed to think of a form's ability to add a new record and save it. A &quot;new guy&quot; mistake. Thanks. I used your suggestion and (obviously), it was successful. &nbsp;Thanks.
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I don't use ACCESS/VBA a lot. I failed to think of a form's ability to add a new record and save it. A "new guy" mistake. Thanks. I used your suggestion and (obviously), it was successful.  Thanks.

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I want to add a new record to a DAO recordset by entering info in a form. The form is based on the DAO recordset. Should I create the record first (using .AddNew and .Update), then open the form? Or open the form, allow the operator to enter the data, then use .AddNew and .Update? &nbsp;Kind of like the old question &quot;Which comes first: the chicken or the egg?&quot;.
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I want to add a new record to a DAO recordset by entering info in a form. The form is based on the DAO recordset. Should I create the record first (using .AddNew and .Update), then open the form? Or open the form, allow the operator to enter the data, then use .AddNew and .Update?  Kind of like the old question "Which comes first: the chicken or the egg?".

Creating a New Recording a DAO Database from a form

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Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.