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MS Access - Create Multiple Records based on value in a table

Hey all - Looking for ideas on how to accomplish this. I have the table below in Access. For every location I need to create a records in a table equal to the value of source count. The table below is a query result

Location1 get two records created
Location 2 gets five records created

Location        Description        SourceCount
Location1      60# Washers        2
Location2      LG/SQ Horizon Front Loads        5
Location3      27# / 30# Washers        9
Location4      S-20# Washers        8
Location5      25# Washers        4
Location6      27# / 30# Washers        2
Location7      LG/SQ Horizon Front Loads        12
Location8      horizon        3

Any suggestions?
Thanks

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PatHartman

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keschuster

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can you show me a simple example of the join you're creating?

keschuster

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ha I figured it out - there isn't a join! great solution

PatHartman

I do it with the non-equi-join I described but you can also do it as a cross-join with a where clause. So either of the following works.

Select .. From tblA Inner Join tblSeqNum On tblA.Count <= tblSeqNum.SeqNum;

OR

Select .. From tblA, tblSeqNum Where tblA.Count <= tblSeqNum.SeqNum;

The advantage of the cross join is that it can be displayed in the QBE whereas the non-equi-join cannot.