I have decided to futher develop / normalize a db I have been working on for well over a year now (keep promising to post the updated version when complete!!).
I currently have a number of tables that may or may not require an Asset ID.
i.e.
tblComputers
tblSoftware
tblHardware
I have seperate tables:
tblComputerAssetID
tblSoftwareAssetID
tblHarwareAssetID
Can any one advise a better approach? If I have only 1 table tblAssetID, then I am unable to enforce referential integrity as values must exist in all related tables.
Thanks,
Phil.
PS: There is more but I will post back with further questions when I resolve the above!!
Hi guys. I have been attempting to add an asset tracking function to my database. I have a table 'tblAssetIdList' which holds all the available asset ID's. Asset ID's can be allocated to either Computers from tblComputers, Software from tblSoftware and finally Hardware from tblHardware.
I initially created additional tables to hold details of the allocations: tblComputerAssetIdAllocation, tblHardwareAssetIdAllocation & tblSoftwareAssetIdAllocation. I then created queries from the above tables and then forms from the queries to allow for data input.
The one flaw (quite obvious really) is that asset ID's should be unique. Although unique Asset ID's are required in the individual tables I am able to allocated the same Asset ID to the different tables. (i.e. A20222 can be allocated to only one computer in tblComputers but can also be allocated to both Hardware & Software once).
I then tried creating a single table tblAssetIdAllocation with fields:
ID AssetID ComputerID SofwareID HardwareID
These linked to the appropiate tables. However if I allocated an asset ID for computers then the same asset id was then allocated to hardware & software.
I must be close (only taken 2 days to get it wrong!! :) ) Help Appreciated, Phil.
Hi, I've lost touch of Access few years back & now I'm back again using Access... kinda rusty & yet rushing for a proj... so I'll very much appreciate if someone can help me on this..... :)
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Code:
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'------------------------------------------------------------ ' Master_tbl_sub_fm ' '------------------------------------------------------------ Function Master_tbl_sub_fm() On Error GoTo Master_tbl_sub_fm_Err With CodeContextObject On Error Resume Next
