Query to display a field based on a parameter

I have a client table, with 8 fields, all of which contain a phone number.
Bad design, I know, but let's not get into that here. My problem now is
that in addition to those fields, we have a "Preferred" field, which simply
names the field of the preferred phone number. So we have fields like
HomePhone, BusinessPhone, Fax, and the Preferred field says "HomePhone"
How can I create a query so that the record displays only that field that is
preferred? I hope that makes sense.
For instance: John Doe, Home Phone 123-4567, Business Phone 765-4321,
Preferred "Home Phone", I want to the query to only display the name, and
home phone.
For Jane Doe, Home Phone 123-4567, Business Phone 765-4321, Preferred
"Business Phone", I want to the query to only display the name, and business
phone.
All of these records are displayed in a datagrid.
Thanks for your help.SELECT CASE Preferred
WHEN 'Home Phone' THEN HomePhone
WHEN 'Work Phone' THEN WorkPhone
..
WHEN 'Yet Another Phone' THEN YetAnotherPhone
End as PreferredPhone
FROM LotsOfPhones
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT
On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:29:47 -0600, "KatMagic" <SSKatMagic@.yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I have a client table, with 8 fields, all of which contain a phone number.
>Bad design, I know, but let's not get into that here. My problem now is
>that in addition to those fields, we have a "Preferred" field, which simply
>names the field of the preferred phone number. So we have fields like
>HomePhone, BusinessPhone, Fax, and the Preferred field says "HomePhone"
>How can I create a query so that the record displays only that field that i
s
>preferred? I hope that makes sense.
>For instance: John Doe, Home Phone 123-4567, Business Phone 765-4321,
>Preferred "Home Phone", I want to the query to only display the name, and
>home phone.
>For Jane Doe, Home Phone 123-4567, Business Phone 765-4321, Preferred
>"Business Phone", I want to the query to only display the name, and busines
s
>phone.
>All of these records are displayed in a datagrid.
>Thanks for your help.
>