I have an extensive consolidated donor database which
draws information from 5 different databases. All
entries are identifiable by a number in column A. The
info from database 1 (personal data) features data in
columns A-F. Info from database 2 features data in A (to
identify it)and then in columns G-I. Info from database
3 features data in column A and then columns J-N... and
so on.

Can anybody provide me with a formula that will copy data
from database 1 (columns B-F)onto any other row with a
corresponding identity number in column A? This way,
when I am sorting according to data in column M, for
example, the personal information in columns B-F will be
available too.

The alternative, so far as I am aware, is to copy this
info with thousands of entries - which doesn't excite me
greatly!! Can anyone help?
Thanks.

Hi
see your post in Excel.misc

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"J" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I have an extensive consolidated donor database which
draws information from 5 different databases. All
entries are identifiable by a number in column A. The
info from database 1 (personal data) features data in
columns A-F. Info from database 2 features data in A (to
identify it)and then in columns G-I. Info from database
3 features data in column A and then columns J-N... and
so on.

Can anybody provide me with a formula that will copy data
from database 1 (columns B-F)onto any other row with a
corresponding identity number in column A? This way,
when I am sorting according to data in column M, for
example, the personal information in columns B-F will be
available too.

The alternative, so far as I am aware, is to copy this
info with thousands of entries - which doesn't excite me
greatly!! Can anyone help?
Thanks.

Use VLookup

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"J" wrote in message
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I have an extensive consolidated donor database which
draws information from 5 different databases. All
entries are identifiable by a number in column A. The
info from database 1 (personal data) features data in
columns A-F. Info from database 2 features data in A (to
identify it)and then in columns G-I. Info from database
3 features data in column A and then columns J-N... and
so on.

Can anybody provide me with a formula that will copy data
from database 1 (columns B-F)onto any other row with a
corresponding identity number in column A? This way,
when I am sorting according to data in column M, for
example, the personal information in columns B-F will be
available too.

The alternative, so far as I am aware, is to copy this
info with thousands of entries - which doesn't excite me
greatly!! Can anyone help?
Thanks.