Field.SourceTable property (DAO)

Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

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

Syntax

expression .SourceTable

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.

Note

The SourceTable property will not return a meaningful table name if used on a Field object in the Fields collection of a table-type Recordset object.