Choosing Database "tool"
Jun 29, 2007
Hi
I´ve gotten a project on my hands, making a database of different materials for CAE purposes. But im a bit confused as to which "language" to use.
I´ve done quite a bit of programming before, mostly in Java.
My "boss" (who dont have much experience at all in programming) feels that Excel is a good program to use when building this database.
But since I will have so many different types of data to store i dont know if Excel(or Access, pretty much the same thing IMO?) will be enough.
For instance i might need to store a couple of different arrays for each material along with simpler data like strings and so on.
My question is this, can I make a General table containing short info about all materials and some sort of link to a uniqe table for each material? If this is possible, is it worth it? Seems like the database would become extremly large and hard to grasp in the future for someone who might want to update/add functions to.
/Joakim
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Nov 11, 2007
Hi,
This is my firts time to join here and hello to everyone.
We have a database in our office, "access" and most of the time we encounter errors in unexpected way.
e.g.
Cannot open access same user are attempting to change
this file is corrupt.
something like that.
and i was wondering if there are best recovery tool that i can use
for this scenario and what is it?:confused:
thanks
nazario.
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Apr 4, 2006
I have a research project. I need to capture numerical values from a scroll bar into a table so they can be used to produce excel charts. I can capture the data no problem, my problem is how to present it in a user friendly format - a form.
I have to capture the following data via a form for each research respondent:
Name
Age
Sex
Occupation
Each respondent is then asked to rank five brands against seven different attributes. In format terms, my researcher wants to display one attribute at the top of a page with five brands listed underneath with the slider beside each brand. For example:
"The Worst IT Information" is the attribute at the page top
"Microsoft" is the brand, with a slider beside it so the resondent can select how much they associate/rank this attribute with Microsoft.
"Adobe" is the second brand with slider
"PaintShop Pro" is the third brand with slider
"Corel" is the fourth brand with slider
"Sage" is the fifth brand with slider
The same respondent then clicks to the next page which has a new attribute at the top, but with the same five brands underneath to rank the attribute against.
eg "full of bugs" is the attribute at the page top
brands and sliders are all as above
There are seven pages in all. At the end of the data collection I need to be able to find the average ranking for each brand against each attribute and apply the demographic information, for example
Microsoft had an average ranking of 7 out of 10 against the attribute "Worst IT INformation" against women 30Plus.
I can't figure out how to do this without collecting the information into tables called PageOne, PageTwo, PageThree, PageFour, PageFive, PageSix, Page Seven and using fields like: brand 1 (text), brand 1 (value), brand 2, (text) brand 2, (value). This seems to fly in the face of how you would normally create a table and will require queries to add together all the values gathered using different fields.
Does anyone have any suggestions on where I might be going wrong?
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May 2, 2006
I am trying to make a form that will allow me to make several selections and run a report. I want to be able to select from a list of Grade Levels, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. After I have picked my grade level or selected more then 1 grade level I want to be able to choose from a drop down list of school district. After I have choosen my grade level and my school district I want to run my report. How do I do that?
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Sep 28, 2007
Hello everyone. I hope you are well. I am new to this forum and need some help with access.
I have a database which records an organisations addresses. There is the main address, where the activity takes place, and then there is the postal address, which is often different. What I want to be able to do is to select all the organisations in one town (e.g. Town1), but send information in the post to their postal address (Town2).
Is this something that can easily be done? I hope somebody can help me (especially with some user friendly terms).
Many thanks,
Chadder
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Dec 23, 2007
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Oct 6, 2006
I have a list box box which contains a ProNo and ProName.
I want to be able to select a value in the list box and pass it to another list box in the form so i can pick the projects i want to print reports on.
Is this possible or is there another way of going about this problem.
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Dec 14, 2004
I have a list box that pulls data from a form. It pulls ProjectID and ProjectName. I want to be able to select one of the ProjectName(s) from the list and have it take me to a form for that ProjectName. I have one form for all the ProjectName(s), and want to be able to simple select one of the ProjectName(s) from the list and have access bring me to the right page of the form. Please Help! Thanks!
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May 2, 2006
I am trying to make a form that will allow me to make several selections and run a report. I want to be able to select from a list of Grade Levels, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. After I have picked my grade level or selected more then 1 grade level I want to be able to choose from a drop down list of school district. After I have chosen my grade level and my school district I want to run my report. How do I do that?
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Jul 11, 2006
Hi,
I would like to have a dialog box open when the user clicks on a command box so that they can choose the file name and the directory where the exported excel spreadsheet would be saved. Does anyone have any ideas? Btw, my code to save an excel automatically is below and I would like to use code.
DoCmd.OutputTo acQuery, "qryPipelineAndCommission", "MicrosoftExcel(*.xls)", "ClientList.xls", True, ""
Cheers,
Ben
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Nov 6, 2006
I have a database with information on carriers, lanes, and prices.
I need to choose the cheapest 3 carriers for each lane.
The lanes are either 3-digit zip code to 3-digit zip code or state to state
(410-300 or CA-GA, etc.)
So for each of these lanes, I need to find the 3 cheapest carriers all
in one query.
So the resulting table should look like:
Lane Carrier Price
..........
TN-FL Schneider $50
TN-FL JB Hunt $66
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646-303 JB Hunt $77
etc.....
Except of course in columns :) Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks in advance!
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Aug 25, 2004
ok this is weird post but im wonderin how to go about it easily cause i can think of a few ways, dunno if they will work of not, so im asking for ur opinion. I need to find out possible cominations for a salary cap football league based on dollar amounts for the players and points based on last years results, yet it cant go past $100.00...so one possible choice is (QB Tom Brady $22.56 183.50 points). its 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE 1 Kicker, 1 DEF team and i have to do all 9 for it to count...so would i have to set up 6 columns, one for each position and have a way of picking 1 of A 2 of B 3 of C 1 of D 1 of E 1 of F for 1 qb, 2 Rb, etc? and have it so sum of values is < $100 and it also must add the points so i can see the best possible combination/most points i can get for $100.00...i know its last years points and this year will be diff but I am just comparing...all i need is an outline i dont need u guys to do it for me i have some experience with access...thanks for anyone who can help
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Apr 19, 2014
I'm rather new to Access.
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How do I do that?
When I select a customer, I want that the fields in the invoice are automatically filled in . (Adress, zip, city, phone).
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Sep 6, 2005
Hi guys,
I've run into a little problem while working on a electronics component database:
My plan was to use one specific table for each kind of components, i.e. resistors, capacitors, transistors etc as the specific data of each type is quite different from the other types (resistance/capacitance etc). I also thought I'd use a main form with a drop box allowing the user to choose which component to look for and then a component type specific subform to let the user make a more detailed search.
The thing is that I'm not quite sure how to call different subforms based on the drop box selection (I guess I need a subform for each type of component)? Or can I call a table with each component's specific data types and generate a subform based on this table? (I'd prefer the latter...)
To find a specific resistor you might want to specify the resistance, the type of resistive material, size and tolerance whereas an integrated circuit requires information on type of circuit, package, size etc.
All similar questions I've found relates to the use of a single, main, table only, I can't really see how to do that here...
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http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5150/88274572ke4.jpg
This is how i have it now:
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5117/98426599lq9.jpg
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Apr 20, 2005
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I am trying to aviod the user having to press a button on a message box to continue. it would be useful if it could be display for a preiod of time.
regards
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May 14, 2006
Hi all,
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Apr 20, 2006
please see attachment.
I created a small database to help explain my issue.
When I click on the check box in box 1(train), the text box turns blue...great...and even better the other records stay clear when I scroll down, which is what I want to happen.
But when I scroll back up, from dog to train, the blue in the train box has gone- not what I want!
I would like the blue to stay in every box that I click on. Any ideas?
Thanks,
J
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