Advice On Structure For Table/Query
Nov 3, 2007
Good evening all!
Part of the function of my Db is to produce quotations. I specifically need one table containing line items and will use another table (update query) which will contain the 'quoted for' items. Transfer will be based on numbers of users required. I have the basic idea in mind; i will have a form with drop down to select numbers of users and then some Vb to take records from one table to the other. I can do that fine. The bit I am struggling to structure in my mind is as follows:
In a quote there will be typically three line items
1) Software
2) Installation / Configuration
3) User Training
I can easily do as described above but that relies on the main table being pre-populated with all three line items. however, I'd prefer to have the ability to have prices for daily rates, relating to installation and training, in another table so as to be able to change/update them and not have them fixed in a table.
So I think I would want to have the three line items update query across buy somehow control the list price of the services element controlled elsewhere.
Any advice? Many thanks.
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Nov 3, 2007
Good evening all!
Part of the function of my Db is to produce quotations. I specifically need one table containing line items and will use another table (update query) which will contain the 'quoted for' items. Transfer will be based on numbers of users required. I have the basic idea in mind; i will have a form with drop down to select numbers of users and then some Vb to take records from one table to the other. I can do that fine. The bit I am struggling to structure in my mind is as follows:
In a quote there will be typically three line items
1) Software
2) Installation / Configuration
3) User Training
I can easily do as described above but that relies on the main table being pre-populated with all three line items. however, I'd prefer to have the ability to have prices for daily rates, relating to installation and training, in another table so as to be able to change/update them and not have them fixed in a table.
So I think I would want to have the three line items update query across buy somehow control the list price of the services element controlled elsewhere.
Any advice? Many thanks.
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Nov 14, 2006
I need some advice on the best way to set up a table please.
I am trying to put together a downtime log, we use items referred to as “Events”
An “Event” is a stoppage on the production line
An Example of an Event is “A101” this would represent “Jam up on Line”
I have set the table up as follows to look like:
EventcodeID - AutoNumber
EventCode - -Text (A101)
Description - - Text (Jam on Line)
The Letter A the Beginning Referes to a machine.
A=Filler
B=Packer
C=Box Maker
etc
Attached to and “Event” is a “Failure Mode”
A failure mode is the reason the Event occurred in more detail
An Example of a Failure Mode would be “A101A” you notice that the Event Code is given a letter “A” at the end, the failure mode also has a description
Example:
A101A – Jam On Line – Carton Fell Over
To Break this all Down
A (Machine Type) 101 (EventCode) A (Failuremode) - – Jam On Line (Event Code Description)– Carton Fell Over( Failure Mode Description.
It is very much a Parent Child situation the Event Code being the Parent and the event code being the child.
A Parent can have many children, each time the letter at the end would be different, B,C,D,E etc..
But not all Event Codes have Failuremodes
Should this all go in one table? Or 2 or more tables and make a relationship? An example of this would link up would be really helpful
Thanks in advance
Andy
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Nov 15, 2006
I need some advice on the best way to set up a table please.
I am trying to put together a downtime log, we use items referred to as “Events”
An “Event” is a stoppage on the production line
An Example of an Event is “A101” this would represent “Jam up on Line”
I have set the table up as follows to look like:
EventcodeID - AutoNumber
EventCode - -Text (A101)
Description - - Text (Jam on Line)
The Letter A the Beginning Referes to a machine.
A=Filler
B=Packer
C=Box Maker
etc
Attached to and “Event” is a “Failure Mode”
A failure mode is the reason the Event occurred in more detail
An Example of a Failure Mode would be “A101A” you notice that the Event Code is given a letter “A” at the end, the failure mode also has a description
Example:
A101A – Jam On Line – Carton Fell Over
To Break this all Down
A (Machine Type) 101 (EventCode) A (Failuremode) - – Jam On Line (Event Code Description)– Carton Fell Over( Failure Mode Description.
It is very much a Parent Child situation the Event Code being the Parent and the event code being the child.
A Parent can have many children, each time the letter at the end would be different, B,C,D,E etc..
But not all Event Codes have Failuremodes
Should this all go in one table? Or 2 or more tables and make a relationship? An example of this would link up would be really helpful
Thanks in advance
Andy
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Jul 14, 2007
I am designing part of my database to simply the production of predictable quotations. (and have been for the last 6 months). My quotations tend to be for one product whose price varies based on the number of software licences. In each quote there will be the price for the software and the price for installation.
I will have a TblItems. In that table will be all of the items available for quotations and may include, for example, the following
Group (5 User system) Item, Description, Price, cost
In this group there will be two matching items
On my quote form i want to have a drop down field which will allow mw to simply select the number of users and then i want Access to take any item which belongs to the 'number of users selected' to another table and i will then include a quoteID etc etc.
Can anyone advise me on, the main thing, the kind of database concept on how to achieve this please? :confused:
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Hi ,
I am developing an access application that will be used by our Marketing Dept to create BRIEFS for our AD agencies.
The Brief has the following structure
1. Option1
1.1 A1
1.2 A2
1.3 A3
1.3.1 AA1
1.3.2 AA2
1.4 A4
2. Option2
2.1 B1
2.2 B2
2.2.1 BB1
2.2.2 BB2
2.3 B3
2.3.1 BB3
3. Option3
........................
........................
........................
The users will be basically selecting from a list of Categories,Sub Categories and Sub-Sub Categories.
I am a bit confused as to what kind of Database Structure should I use for this kind of requirement.
Right now I have a table tblBRIEF that conatins the basic information about the BRIEF like
Project Name
Company Name
Date
Responsible etc etc
My question is , where and how should I store the selections made by the user for each of the Categories , subcategories and su-sub categories.
Should I have a table for each of the Categories and Subcategories and have a relation with the BRIEF table ???
You advice will be apprecaited?
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May 17, 2006
http://starwithin.org/test/table.jpg
I am creating a little database for members and there role, does this structure look write.
If so I can't seem to create a form that will allow me to entere member details and select a role name and link it to though the tables.
Would appricate your help advice!
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Mar 9, 2006
I am trying to decide which is the best way to setup the tables in a customer database.
We have customers with contacts - that bit is simple. Each of out customer has numerous sites and each site has is own contacts.
The questions are:
1. Should there be two tables for Customer sites (main site table and sub site table) or is it best practice to have all sites in a single table with a column linking subsitesID to the ID of the main site: ie
tblSites
SiteID (PK)
SiteName
MainSite (if the site is a subsite of another)
More site information fields......
2. The same question really goes for contacts. Should there be a single table for all contacts (easy if only one table for sites) or seperate tables for mainsite contacts and subsite sontact.
I guess this is really about normalisation.
I have managed to get the system I am developing to work with both methods but I would be keen to understand what is the most acceptable method.
Thanks for any help
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Code:
Dim strFile As String
Dim temp As String
Dim tbl As String
Dim db As DAO.Database
' error handle
On Error GoTo F_Error
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Oct 28, 2004
Here’s a little scenario:
An engineer requests that “x” amount of computers are ordered for the company. The estimated costs of the system(s) are determined. The estimated cost of the systems is forwarded to a manager, and the request must be approved by a manager before the order is placed. Once the manager approves the request, the order is placed through the ordering company. After the ordering company approves the order, an order number is assigned and serial number(s) specific to each computer is associated with that order number. At this point it is possible to track the order status via existing programs using the assigned order number and serial numbers. After it is determined through the existing software that the order has been shipped, invoiced, and received by the Receiving department, I need to physically go pick up the systems and submit them into my Central Inventory. From the central inventory, systems will be checked out to employees as needed, checked back in when testing is finished, or transferred internally between employees......
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Nov 15, 2004
Hi everybody,
Please, I really need some help with my normalised tables and relations:
1.AdmissionID
AdminYr
.......
2.StudID
SName
AdminID
.........
3. ParentContactID
Fname
StudID
4. CycleNO
cycname
.....
5. DisciplineID
Discname
CycleNo
StudID
.......
6.SubjectID
subName
DiscID
....
7. ExamID
examdate
StudID
8. Results
StudID
ExamID
mark
......
I have a feeling this relationship, is still a bit messy?
I also need to keep track of students daily class attendance, at the end of the tern, or year to find out how many students dropt out of a particular class etc. Is this a new table?
thanks in advance.
haag
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I have been reading up on normalizing table structures. I have this database that I am working on, to work as a hiring database. It should hold information about people applying to the law firm I work at.
I am looking for advice on if this table structure is normalized and sound. I am also looking for specific help on creating good forms.
Thanks for any help that can be given!
ps. I am attaching a zip that has a jpg view of the tables and their relationships, as well as the db with the table structure.
I would love any and all advice. I want a very clear concept for this db before I do anything!
Thanks again!
:D
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Apr 27, 2005
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine about this... and I couldn't come up with the best explination. Hopefuly someone here can point me in the right direction.
He has a table
Recipies(Id, name, item1, quantity1, item2, quantity2, item3, quantity3, item4, quantity4)
I don't believe that this is the proper way to create a table. What happens if you happen to come across a Recipie that needs 6 items?? or more??
After researching it, I believe it violates 2NF. Is this correct?
Instead I think a better structure would be
Recipies(Id, name)
RecipiesIngredients(Recipies.ID, Ingredients.ID, quantity)
Ingredients (Id, Name)
The problem my friends sees with this method is the fact that the Xref table will get giant.
In the example... Speed is of utmost importance, as the tables will most likely contain thousands of records and be queried against frequently.
Thanks for any input.
-Mike
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hello this is my 1st posting....... :o
please help me .........
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Name
Address
C/o
...
Table: Apartments
File# (every apartment has unique file#)
Category
App#
Level
Area
Price
Discounted (yes/no)
DiscountRate %
...
Table: Receipts
Rec#
RecType (Down Payment, 1st Installment, 2nd Installment...)
Ref
Date
Chq#
Amount
...
one customer can have more than 1 apartments, and one apartment can be transfered to another customer (file# same but customerID changed)
one customer is paying different types of payments against his apartment.
please help me to manage tables and relationships.
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I need some help trying to setup tables on a new database. I want to setup a house analysis database where I can evaluate each room for it’s condition broken down by feature. I can’t seem to figure out a good way to tie all the rooms and evaluations back to that house’s address (primary key). I want the fields to work as shown below with the room evaluations tracked to each room and house address. If possible I would like to be able to enter the as many room names as needed for each address.
House Address
Bedroom 1______________Bedroom 2_______________Bathroom 1
Ceiling condition –Good____Ceiling condition-Fair____Ceiling condition- Good
Floor condition – Fair______Floor condition – Fair____Floor condition - Fair
Wall condition – Good_____ Wall condition – Bad____Wall condition - Good
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What's the best way to setup this db?
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Company
Company ID
Program A
Program B
Program C
Program D
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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Should I have a table with the Companies and Program A and the years from 2000 to 2005
and a table for the Companies and Program B and the years, etc? I was going to add a yes/no field for each program, too. There must be a simplier way.
I want to be able to query participation of workers in any of the programs.
What is the best way to set this up?
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Would it be best to set them up this way or is there another way that would be better?
Fields for Table1
Table1_ID
.
.
Fields for Table2
Table2_ID
Table1_ID
.
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Table3_ID
Table1_ID
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May 14, 2007
Hi,
Thanks for taking time out reading my thread!
I want to start entering data, but i'm not to sure weather my relationship structure is good enough to start inputing.
Heres a pic of my relationships
http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=almostdoneae0.jpg
Thanks.
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He works on building sites and has to show a plot number next to all the work he does. He wants to be able to search for a plot number and see what jobs he has already booked in for a particular plot number.
For example, if he is working on a block of flats, each flat will have individual plot numbers. If he is working on the outer wall of the flat his timesheet has to show all plot numbers for that block so he will normally show this as plots 100-110. however, if he works on an internal wall in one of the flats he will have to show just one plot number on his time sheet, for instance plot 104.
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Good morning,since this is my first post I hope I'm not making to many mistakes.I'm making a database for school in Access 2003. In this database I have 2 parts.. A part for Patch connections and a part for PC repairs. The PC repair part is doing okay. The patch part is where I'm having some trouble.I don't exactly know how to start with it, and I'm hoping someone here can help me out.The form, I want to make based on tables should look something like this:A ComboBox filled from a table with about 10 entries in it. (Patchkasten)A textfield in which I have to enter something like this: XX-00 (x stands for alphabetic - 0 stands for nummeric)(Patchnummer) This will have around ~3000 entries.Those 2 should somehow be connected in a table as 1 field. (if that is possible offcourse)If not, is there another way to do something like this, because the combination of (patchkasten)and(patchnummer) has to be unique.. And at last a combobox (ruimte) with around ~ 150-200 entries.Now my question is if someone could help me setting this up somehow. Help would be appriciated.Thanks,F3dde
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Hello
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greetings
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Jul 20, 2006
i am currently working with a human resource outsourcing company. we deploy contractual employees to different companies.
we usually use ms excel in keeping records of our employees, now my boss wants me to create a database using ms access. this is my first time in creating database using ms access.
here are the headers that we used with our excel database:
- ID number
- Account number
- First name
- Last name
- Middle initial
- Start date with the agency
- Start date with the company
- Status (active, end contract, resigned, terminated)
- Previous contract start
- Previous contract end
- Present contract start
- Present contract end
- Company
- Outlet location
- Position
- Pay class (daily or monthly)
- Basic Rate
- Allowance
- Total Pay
- Home address
- Home tel. no.
- Mobile no.
- Civil status
- Date of birth
- SSN
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- ID number
- First name
- Last name
- Middle initial
- Home address
- Home tel. no.
- Mobile no.
- Civil status
- Date of birth
- SSN
2nd table (Company info)
- Company ID
- Company Name
- Company address
- Contact number
- Contact person
3rd table (Position info)
- Position ID
- Start date with the agency
- Start date with the company
- Status (active, end contract, resigned, terminated)
- Previous contract start
- Previous contract end
- Present contract start
- Present contract end
- Pay class (daily or monthly)
- Basic Rate
- Allowance
- Total Pay
4th table (Outlet Info)
- Outlet ID
5th table (Status info)
- Status ID
6th table (Pay class info)
- Pay class ID
7th table (Pay class info)
- Civil status ID
are these correct? please feel free to comment or suggest. i do apologize for the inconvenience. i am just a newbie and i need to finish this project. i appreciate your response. thank you in advance.
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Jun 3, 2007
Hi,
Before I post on here I always try to look back through the posts for similar problems – however I don’t know where to start looking to solve my problem.
I use access to store and record the details of my sales. As well as the prices, I also store the date of the sale.
I want to be able to add up the value of the sales for each day so I can see how much we sold – but I don’t know how to go about it. I’ve tried performing a query and then applying a filter by form – however when I click on the “Date” column, the drop down selection displays a list of identical dates:
12/05/07
12/05/07
12/05/07
12/05/07
12/05/07
12/05/07
12/05/07
12/05/07
11/05/07
11/05/07
rather than just one date:
12/05/07
11/05/07
10/05/07
And when I click on one of the dates it only shows the data for that individual record, rather than the data for all the records on that date.
Could anyone please nudge me in the right direction? Should I be looking to perform a normal query? Or do I need to work on a different type/advanced query?
Eventually my intention is to create a form which links the queries to a report so I can print out the data, however for now I’d be overjoyed to simply be able to display the values in a table.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your time.
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