Display an ascended value in a combobox on form load in Access (default value)

Question

So on a form I have, I'm using a combobox (unbound), with the row source being linked to EntryID, which is being pulled from a different table. Currently, EntryID has values 1 to 300, with 1 being the oldest entry and 300 being the newest entry added.

I use the values in the combobox to requery subforms I'm using on this form. Obviously all tables that the subforms reference have the EntryID populated on them.

How can I populate the newest value in the combobox on form load? I can sort the values in ascending or descending order, but that is only after you click the down arrow on the combobox.

Answer 1

If you use a query for the combo's Row Source, you can do your sorting in the query by adding this after the WHERE clause ...

ORDER BY EntryID DESC

Answer 2

Do a UNION with the value you want to add:

SELECT EntryID FROM urTable 

UNION

SELECT (Max(EntryID) + 1) FROM urTable