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Thread: Where in the DB does it define the PICKLISTID?

Aaron Lowe
Posts: 37

Where in the DB does it define the PICKLISTID? Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 21 Jul 09 10:56 AM

I see that the PICKLIST table has all the items for the picklists. I also see that there is a PICKLISTID that says what items go with that picklist. But how do I find out what PICKLISTID matches up with (for example) the Contact Status picklist?

And I need to do this programmatically.

I'm used to some sort of support table that would have a primary key of PICKLISTID and a description column that would say the name of the picklist.

Or maybe there is some table that has the table and field and associated picklistid......?

Previously I just selected all the picklist info where the text = the text I knew was in my picklist. Then I went into the picklist manager and changed one. Then I looked to see which one changed in the database and figured that was the picklistid I needed. I can't do that with this new program, because it dynamically changes where it gets its options based on the field.

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Raul A. Chavez
Posts: 1300

Re: Where in the DB does it define the PICKLISTID? Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 21 Jul 09 11:22 AM

This is how you get all the Picklist Items for a Given Picklist (Using Contact Status as example):

SELECT * FROM PICKLIST WHERE PICKLISTID IN
(
SELECT ITEMID FROM PICKLIST WHERE PICKLISTID = 'PICKLISTLIST' AND TEXT = 'Contact Status'
)

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Aaron Lowe
Posts: 37

Re: Where in the DB does it define the PICKLISTID? Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 21 Jul 09 11:24 AM

Excellent. Thank you.

So to get my activity types, I'm using

SELECT TEXT,ID
FROM PICKLIST
WHERE PICKLISTID = (SELECT ITEMID
FROM PICKLIST
WHERE PICKLISTID = 'PICKLISTLIST'
AND TEXT = 'Activity Types')

Quote:

Originally posted by Raul A. Chavez

This is how you get all the Picklist Items for a Given Picklist (Using Contact Status as example):

SELECT * FROM PICKLIST WHERE PICKLISTID IN
(
SELECT ITEMID FROM PICKLIST WHERE PICKLISTID = 'PICKLISTLIST' AND TEXT = 'Contact Status'
)

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Mike Spragg
Posts: 1226

Re: Where in the DB does it define the PICKLISTID? Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 22 Jul 09 3:20 AM

If you are using 7.2+ then use Application.Picklists - shouldn't be any need to code/examine the table directly.

Set objItems = Application.PickLists.Item("yourpicklistname") 'DNL
cmbAutoText.Items.Clear
For i = 0 To objItems.Count - 1
cmbAutoText.Items.Add(objItems.Item(i))
Next
Set objItems = Nothing

This puts the item into a combo box (for example)

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