Access - update existing table

[accessnote]

Hi, i have a on going database for my employees and i would like to add
another column employee ID number. On the existing table the column employee
ID is there but no number associated to the employee. I want to import from
excel. the excel file has all employees name and employee number. EE name
is the primary key and i only want to import the EE ID number only, the rest
of the column in the table leave as is. can someone help me with this?

thanks

[John W. Vinson]

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Hi, i have a on going database for my employees and i would like to add
another column employee ID number. On the existing table the column employee
ID is there but no number associated to the employee. I want to import from
excel. the excel file has all employees name and employee number. EE name
is the primary key and i only want to import the EE ID number only, the rest
of the column in the table leave as is. can someone help me with this?
thanks

If (and it's a big if, names aren't unique) the name is in fact unique - you
do not have any two employees who happen to have the same name - then an
Update query will do the job. Create a query joining your table to the (linked
or imported) spreadsheet by name. Change the query to an Update query, and
update the ID to

=[exceltablename].[ID]

using the actual name of the linked Excel data and fieldname.