Using Table name as value for formula

I am using a table as a list for lookup in other tables using vlookup. The entire table is the source, so I'd like to do something like:
=Vlookup("value to lookup", TableName, 3)
However, it seems the entire reference including columns must be included. Is this so?
Thanks for your help.

I understand why they didn't do this. Many times you do not need to look up the values in the A column, but in the B or C column. This forces the novice user, and advanced users, to fully evaluate their expression. e.g. Numbers should not make any assumptions about your intentions.
A novice user might see experienced users that use the shorthand for examples, and assume that you MUST use the entire table, and they would go off making these very odd looking tables just to accommodate this misconception.
I wouldn't doubt if they tested this with a small set of novice users and got some very confused responses. then nixed it.
just my 2 cents from writing programs for those very users,
Jason

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'VIEW',
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) UT,
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WHERE NAME IN
( SELECT DISTINCT NAME FROM USER_SOURCE
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AND
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2 cnt number;
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4 begin
5 for c1 in cur
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IS
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into v_db_id
from t_mv_db_accounts ac,
t_mv_db_instances i,
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and i.HOST_ID = h.host_id
and upper(H.HOST_NAME) = v_hostname
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BEGIN
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END;
PROCEDURE DB_ID_200 IS
BEGIN
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('-- executing DB_ID_200');
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2 l_id NUMBER;
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4     SELECT id INTO l_id FROM &t;
5 END;
6 /
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2 ORDER BY line;
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9. Create a new subscription as step4 to 7, set start_date to First day of Current Quarter, end_date to Today, then click OK.
The following screenshots are for your reference:
For detail information about Creating Standard Subscriptions, please refer to the following document:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/ms156307(v=sql.105)
If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Wendy Fu
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