# Can't find an item in a drow-down list

**URL:** https://community.baserow.io/t/cant-find-an-item-in-a-drow-down-list/8806
**Category:** Technical Help
**Tags:** use-case, form
**Created:** [December 13, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/cant-find-an-item-in-a-drow-down-list/8806 "2024-12-13T19:20:41Z")
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### Author: ![petrs](https://community.baserow.io/user_avatar/community.baserow.io/petrs/32/159_2.png) [@petrs](https://community.baserow.io/u/petrs)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/cant-find-an-item-in-a-drow-down-list/8806/2 "2024-12-16T12:37:10Z")

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Hi @Paragon,

this happens because you are trying to search on a different column than the primary field of table 2. The search won’t work because of security reasons. We don’t want to expose data from your whole linked table to the users of public forms.

Currently the only workaround would be to make the name you want to search for the primary field.

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