Thank you, poj.

Yes, I think that is right--the table should be rewritten each night. We generally run our exception hours by the semester, so it can contain up to three months' worth. The beginning and end of the semesters can be dicey though, a lot of changes going on.

I could also see the value, however, of keeping previous exception dates stored, so that the "analog" calendar the combined table populates can be turned back, say, to last year to see what hours we were keeping then--for statistical purposes or whatever.

Thanks again--I'm going to start working with this and see what I come up with!

HC

In reply to Re^4: Pull data from two tables, insert into new table? by Hans Castorp
in thread Pull data from two tables, insert into new table? by Hans Castorp

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