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Access 2007 - calculation

how do you do calculation?

RE: access 2007 - calculation

Hi Enat, Thank you for your post, in answer to your question; a query, a form or a report can be used when creating a calculated field, any such calculations will automatically be recalculated each time the object is run. Follow these steps, create a new field or in the field row of the query design grid enter a name for the calculated field, separate the name from the calculation by using a colon (:) Type in the expression to be used in the calculation, if you use field names, they must be enclosed in square brackets ie: VAT:[UnitPrice]*0.175
The Vat must be expressed as 0.175 rather than 17.5%, because percentage signs are not allowed within calculations.
Once a calculated field has been created it can be used in further calculations eg Net Price:[UnitPrice]-[VAT]
I hope that helps, best regards Pete

 

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Access tip:

Create calculated fields that work out your age

You can uset eh year function to work out the year from NOW function and then subtract it with your date of birth type field

Age=Year(Now( ))-Year([DoB])

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