Any Way of Creating a 'Unique Key'?
 

I'm making a mortgage lending database system for my GCSE ICT coursework
and I have a field in the database called ID Number...is there any way
of making it a unique field i.e. no two values can be the same- any
sort of validation or anything?

THANX


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hustla7 wrote:
I'm making a mortgage lending database system for my GCSE ICT
coursework and I have a field in the database called ID Number...is
there any way of making it a unique field i.e. no two values can be
the same- any sort of validation or anything?

THANX

Hi,

First of all select the column, I assume is the A column, then from menu
Data, Validation, tab Settings, choose Custom under Allow and input this
formula:

=COUNTIF(A:A,A1)=1


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translating from the Italian version of Excel...)

Hope I helped you.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ciao

Franz Verga from Italy

Any Way of Creating a 'Unique Key'?
 

I cant find the tab settings thingy...:S

thankyou


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Highlight the range say A:A if it is in column A
goto data, validation,custom
enter this formula in the box
=COUNTIF(A:A,A1)<2
then go to the error alert tab and enter the message you want, when a
duplicate number is entered


here's a little clip on data Validation

http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/f...alidation.html


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Thanks a lot for all of your help- both methods do work!! Thank you once
again!


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Data, Validation
Its the first tab.

Steve

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:15:00 +0100, hustla7
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I cant find the tab settings thingy...:S

thankyou





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Any Way of Creating a 'Unique Key'?
 

Yes, you can use Data Validation.

Chip Pearson's site shows how.

Note the caveats.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/NoDupEntry.htm


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:48:58 -0400, hustla7
wrote:


I'm making a mortgage lending database system for my GCSE ICT coursework
and I have a field in the database called ID Number...is there any way
of making it a unique field i.e. no two values can be the same- any
sort of validation or anything?

THANX