Values added to dialog list lookup

I have a dialog list field which looks up the values from another database. This all works fine, however on choosing a value, then re-entering the field, the string which was selected before all get appended to the end of the list as separate elements, split at the spaces.

e.g. I choose [Place Name Number] from my list. When I open the dialog again, [Place Name Number] appears as an entry in it’s normal place, and at the bottom of the list is now [Place] [Name] and [Number] as separate entries, with the last one in the list highlighted.

I use Cache for the lookup, but using NoCache gives the same problem. Allow Values Not In List is not ticked in the field properties.

Other options I have toggled and the problem still remains.

Subject: Values added to dialog list lookup

I think that you may have allowed multiple values and the space is a multi-value separator. Check the multi-value options on the 3rd tab of the field properties

Subject: RE: Values added to dialog list lookup

Ah, that’s fixed it.

I switched allow multiple values on, blanked the list separator options and turned multiple values off. I can’t remember having set allow multiple values because the fields are used to specify a location, and no-one in two places at once! Fixed now though.

Thanks Dan.