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Field.SourceField property (DAO)

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Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

Returns a value that indicates the name of the field that is the original source of the data for a Field object. Read-only String.

Syntax

expression .SourceField

expression A variable that represents a Field object.

Remarks

For a Field object, use of the SourceField and SourceTable properties depends on the object that contains the Fields collection that the Field object is appended to, as shown in the following table.

Object appended to

Usage

Index

Not supported

QueryDef

Read-only

Recordset

Read-only

Relation

Not supported

TableDef

Read-only

These properties indicate the original field and table names associated with a Field object. For example, you could use these properties to determine the original source of the data in a query field whose name is unrelated to the name of the field in the underlying table.