Microsoft KB Archive/918575

= You may experience slow performance when you view records in a table that contains a lookup field in Access 2007 =

Article ID: 918575

Article Last Modified on 11/3/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Access 2007

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This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Office Access 2007 database (.accdb).



SYMPTOMS
In Access 2007, you may experience slow performance when you view records in a table that contains a lookup field. This problem also occurs when you view the records in a query.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the bound column in the lookup table for the lookup field does not contain an index.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, create an index for the bound column in the lookup table. To do this, follow these steps:  Start Access 2007. Open the database. Find the bound column:  In Design View, open.

Note  represents a table that contains a lookup field. Click the lookup field, click the Lookup tab, and then note the value in the Bound Column field. In the Row Source field, use the value that you noted in step 3b to find the name of the bound column.</li></ol> </li> Create the index: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> In Design View, open.

Note  represents a lookup table.</li> Click the name of the bound column that you found in step 3c.</li> On the Design tab, click Indexes in the Show/Hide group.</li> In the Indexes window, create an index for this column, and then close the window.</li></ol> </li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: AC2007 ACC2007 Access2007

Keywords: kbexpertisebeginner kbtshoot kbprb KB918575

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