how to merge data from 2 tables

[ckib]

Hi,

I'm trying to merge data from 2 tables. I have a contact table and another table with URLs and email addresses. The URL/email table contains the contactID (FK to contact table). I need to get the URL and email addresses into the contact table. I tried writing an update query, linking the 2 tables, and setting the 'update to' values in the contact table to:

[tblURLemail.URL], [tblURLemail.email1], etc.

when I run the query, I get the error:

'qryUpdateContact is not a valid name. Make sure it does not include invalid characters or punctuation and that it is not too long.

I've never seen this error message. Anyone have any idea if what I'm trying to do is valid ... and if so, what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Cynthia

 

[Norie]

What is qryUpdateContact and where exactly are you using it?

 

[ckib]

Hi Norie,

It's the name of the query I'm trying to run. I notice that in the error message there is a single quote before the query name ... don't know if that's significant.

Is it possible to do what I'm trying to do with a query? If not, I'll start writing code ...

Thanks!

 

[ezakovich_35]

update query

your brackets are in the wrong place. it should be tblURLemail. or [tblURLemail].[URL]. Mine always works fine.