Quote by Pat Hartman
>>>BTW, one somewhat undesirable thing happens when you go with replication. Access changes ALL your autonumbers to random instead of sequential. That means that from that time on, all new autonumbers will be assigned randomly to minimize the problem of conflicts between the design master and replica sets. A random autonumber can range from a very small negative number to a very large positive number. These autonumbers can no longer be used as your customer numbers or order numbers if these numbers are ever printed or given to the customer to be used for reference. A customer probably will be confused by an order number = -2. If this is going to cause you a problem, you'll need to switch to custom generated numbers. Post back for details if you need them.<<<<
I'd be interested in getting some details. Data will be entering that table through a data entry form and through appending from a second copy of the DB. I want to make the PK a random autonumber but then when the second DB is added to the Master DB have the table in the Master DB assign each record a "prettier" more usable id number. I know this is stupid but I'm not sure how to relate code to a table (there's no before update event for a table as far as I'm aware).
I have a log in screen that my users must use before they can use my db. if they enter the wrong username/password they get the usual message boxes. I also thought it would be a nice personal touch if once they've logged in they get a little greeting, so i made a message box that says "Hello " followed by their first name
This did the trick for a while, however theyre sick of seeing "Hello" and want other greetings, i figured this wouldnt be too complicated and took me only about 10 minutes or so to implement.
Basically i created a table (tblGreetings), has two fields, an autonumber field (ID) and a short text field
I've added the following code into the login sequence:
Dim greetings As Integer Dim greet As String Dim randomNum greetings = DCount("ID", "tblGreetings") randomNum= Int((greetings - 1 + 1) * Rnd + 1) greet = DLookup("Greeting", "tblGreetings", "[ID]=" & randomNum)
which in theory should generate a random number between 1 and "greetings" (which is an integer representing the number of greetings ive stored in my table), currently greetings=9
then it should pick a greeting from tblGreetings using the random number as an ID
This more or less works, except whenever the DB is opened and a user logs in, the "random" number is the same every time, it always seems to be 7 (which corresponds to the greeting "G'day").
Why this random number is always the same? it changes if i run the code a few times in the same session, but once the database is closed and reopened it still gives off the number 7, every time
I am trying to construct a system in access where I can have a user type in a part number, revision of a part, job number, serial number quantity, and generate a serial number based on the quantity that they need.
I am getting hung up on even how to construct the tables effectively to accomplish this, let alone the forms, queries, etc.
The numbers have to be in the following form. XXXX-XXXX
For an example:
I have part ABC and I need 5 serial numbers.
I need to be able to create a batch of serial numbers automagically that reads like:
9001-0001 9001-0002 9001-0003 9001-0004 9001-0005
Then for the next part XYZ I need 3 serial numbers. It would be constructed like this:
9002-0001 9002-0002 9002-0003
With the goal of eventually being able to search a part number and revision, or a job number and return all serial numbers assigned to that.
I've been building a CRM in Access that allows for creating profiles for our accounts. When we add a new account, I'd like an Account ID to automatically generate and look like this: CRMXXXXX where the X's represent a random number. I originally wanted to set the field as autonumber to just count up, but unfortunately I need to append this value to another sales database we have; you can't store the text "CRM" with an autonumber in a table.
Right now, all I've done is place an equation in the default value of a textbox I have on my 'Add Account' form. I then made the control source of the text box the Account ID field. My equation is as follows:
="CRM" & CStr(Int(Rnd(Now())*10000))
This appears to work, as it generates a value in the correct format. However, I've realized that each time I open the CRM, the random numbers start over again and I run into issues of trying to create a new record with the same ID as a previously created record. I assume I need to incorporate some sort of timestamp to it in order to change it.
I have created a Fiscal Database and want to create a custom ID Auto number. I would like the ID number start with FCP, the Fiscal Year (comes off of field of form), Fund Control Point (comes from the form) and a 4 digit auto number (to start with 0001). Example: FCP-2013-021-0001
Of course, this number gets stored to the Table and the ID number is generated/viewable (Un-enabled) in the form when information is entered into the form.The Fund Control Point is a combo box within the form and does auto populate some other fields within the form.
I'm trying to create an auto generating ID number field that contains a date followed by a sequential number for that date. In example...
YearMonthDay###
070719001 070719002 070719003 tomorrows numbering would be 070720001 070720002 and so on.
Each new day would start a new sequence of 001, 002, 003, etc. I have searched these forums and haven't really found any answers. Could someone direct me in the correct direction. Also I need this number to be saved in the table and not just displayed or printed.
I try to explain my problem. There is a report have 50 records. I print the report first time and Set the number by Data>running sum method. This start from 1 to n...
I require a Form Where i enter to initial number example 22 and say preview report. The report Set the line number of Details Section Like 22 23 24 etc...
Been looking around for a solution for a custom ID and can't quite find one that's specific to my problem.
I am creating a log and I want to give each new log entry a new log number. The format would be: IEyy-xxx. The ID is the letters IE, then 2digit year, a dash, then 3digit incrementing number. The ID should reset back to 001 every year (e.g. if IE14-623 is last log entry of 2014, first log entry of 2015 would be IE15-001).
My table has an autonumber that I will use as the primary key- which is not the log number- and looks like this:
These are the fields in my table:
Index Log Number (autonumber and primary key) IE number Program Name Date Created
I am using Ms Access 2007 and I am new to it..I have table of following fileds
ID (as a primary key)
AccountingYear (Filed for current accounting Year e.g., 14-15; 15-16)
Series (text- as R, Y, B etc to denote series code)
OrderNo (field to store custom autonumber Order No e.g., for Series R-1, R-2, for series Y Y-1, Y-2, etc)
I have created a form using all these fields..Now what i want to do is I want to create custom order no as first 2 digit of accounting year+Series+Autonumber of respective series as
14R-1 14R-2 14Y-1 14Y-2 14Y-3 14B-1
15R-1 15R-2 15Y-1 15Y-2
Means autonumber starts with 1 for every accounting year of respective Series..how to do this and what code or formula should be applied and where the code should be inserted as I am new to Ms access
I have an orders database using Ac2K. Main tables are: tblOrders: Has OrderID which is autonumber, key index (no duplicates)
tblOrderDetail: Has OrderDetailID --long integer
Tables are related in one to many relationships on OrderID-OrderDetailID with both cascades set.
Database is split with tables and front end on server. I can't put front end on desktops because users can access from any of over 600 computers in the school district even tho there are not all that many simultaneous users.
Data is input on main form bound to tblOrders. When user puts in required information (Date,Vendor other etc.), I save record and autonumber generates a new OrderID. The subform window then opens and user then inputs the details of the order to the tblOrderDetail. There can be multiple entries here.
Form and subform are linked by their ID fields as master-child.
PROBLEM: System which runs on network with 2-3 simultaneous users is unstable. It works for a while (maybe 10-20 orders) and then crashes. The subform window is blank (never opens).
When I examine the tables directly I found these problems:
1) Two of the OrderID's (autonumbers) are the SAME! They are usually right above and below each other and usually tied to the same user altho other order info may be different. I don't see any data "collision" if it's the same user. I thought this was IMPOSSIBLE.
2) There is an entry or two in the tblOrderDetail with ######### in one or more fields. The OrderDetailID field is blank. I once found the ######### in the tblOrders as well.
3) The key index is removed from the OrderID.
4) When I go to the relationships window either the link is missing or the cascade and integrity are no longer active. If I try to re-establish, I get a message about missing key index or unmatched data. If I then go and DELETE the records with the ##########, I can re-establish the relationship. And it works for awhile again.
5. Compact and repair doesn't fix anything.
6. One user "thinks" she saw a quick message about "time-out". Is there some setting in Access that I need to change (Tools-Options-Advanced?)
ANY ideas would be much appreciated. There is nothing worse than trying to work with a system that works most, but not all, of the time.
I'm making a table with a Yes/No choice many fields which represent subscriptions.
The problem is that the subscriptions available will need to be changed fairly often - will this mean the table and the form associated with it need to be redesigned?
If so, I don't know how to make fields that change depending on a different table.
If this can't be done, I'd be interested to find out how else I could go about this.
Hey guys.This is a real basic question but I am a newbie at this.:confused:I have created a form in Access that is actually an INVOICE for my company and therefore I have fields like [qty1],[rate1] & [amount1] In the form in [amount1] I have used the following expression to get automatically generated values.=[qty1]*[rate1]This gives me the Amount. But problem is that the result that is automatically generated by this mathematical operation is not stored in my database under the field amount1 and the field is therefore blank. I wish to use this resulted value in a report and also want to use it in other forms e.g. my sales register.kindly help me out with this.:)
Hi I have a field on my form called cost of order I also have a field called deposit on the form that is generated by dividing the cost by 2. is there a simple way (most probably) to the send this data to my payment table, I already have a deposit filed set up in the payment table I just want to post the data in from the form?
Is there a way to have access remember a certain time like 2:00 pm and generate a report and send it to a specific person. I know how to make an attachment for sending someone a report but how do I get access to do it on a certain time lets say 2:00 PM?
This is in regards to my same database file posted in my last thread. Basicly it's a work order database. Each task has an employee and the quality of work they did. 1=Bad, 5=Great...so it's from 1-5. I need to create a report of all the tasks which had a quality score of 3 or below for the previous month. I'm good with SQL, but I can't figure out how these Access reports work.
I want my client to be able to double click on the report and have it generate. It would be nice to have it save to a PDF or Word doc, but that would be a plus. Right now I just need to know how to generate reports based on a criteria. I searched the web for 2 hours and could not find anything about this.
I have the following code (below) that I use to allow the user to select a particular value to determine which records to delete. However, I was wondering if there was a way to avoid having the Microsoft Access auto-generated messages pop up.
For this particular case, after the user selects the value and hits the command button, then a msg box comes up verifying if the user wants to delete the records with selected value. Clicking 'Yes' will then generate the Access message that asks the user again if they want to delete the records and that these actions can not be undone. Clicking Yes here will delete the records.
However, clicking 'No' or x'ing off this Access generated message will then cause a Run-time error 2501. I want to handle this error if it all possible.
Code: Private Sub CmdRemove_Click() Dim strQuery As String DoCmd.Beep If vbYes = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to delete? Clicking 'Yes' will completely remove all prospects with the selected Class from the database", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "Delete prospects?") Then strQuery = "DELETE * FROM [Prospects] " & "WHERE Prospects.Class = '" & Forms("Classpopup").cmbRemove & "';" DoCmd.RunSQL strQuery End If End Sub
I am developing a DB that is composed of approximately 50 tables. The primary key in every table is automatically generated byAccess. I understand that the primary key for each record in the table has to be unique. My question is: Is the primary key uniqueness applicable across the entire DB?
For example, table A has a auto gen key #25 in it. Therefore, no key in table A can be #25. Now I make an entry in table B (A:B, is 1:many). Can the primary key in table B be #25? OR, once #25 is used and continues to exist, it cannot be used in *any* table?
I have made several small examples and the keys across all the tables are unique. I don't know if this is guranteed across all the db tables, or just in my particular case? Thanks John
I m using autonumber in my ID field.My other table fields are mandatory. There is no problem when I enetered Record completely. Now if I have 20 records. automuber is also 20. Now I want to eneter new record. 21 autonumber generated. But I have not completed the form/table.or I didnt want now that record.So I didnt save it.
But next time I come autonumber 22 is generated for my new record. Now I have 1,2,3,......19,20,22,23....
here 21 has lost.Now is there any option to recover or restict that without completing the full table if the record had not saved autonumber again generated.
I'm trying to make a form where the final user can type in two dates (date range) and the result will generate a report on all activity between those two dates, any ideas ?
Can controls in a form be made flexibly or auto-generated based on parameters set in another form?
Supposed I have a continuous form with 10 textboxes, while at some other time I need to have 12 textboxes or 5 textboxes only. Total textboxes needed would be set from another form. The maximum number of textboxes should be unlimited. Is it possible?
The backend table actually can be created flexibly using SQL based commands. And to link the fields to the textboxes is another problem.
I would like to create a table containing email templates for use around various applications and interfaces. I would also like the user to be able to create the text for these templates, but as well as the dynamic text. So a user might create a record as such:
Email_Template_ID: 1234 Email_Name: "Payment notification" Email_Subject: "Project ID: {Project_ID} - Payment made" Email_Body: "Dear {Title} {Surname} We have recently made a payment of {Amount}. Please check your bank account in the next two days. This relates to Project ID: {Project_ID}, {Project Name}. Best wishes Payment Team"
So a user, with sufficient knowledge of certain field names, would be able to drop in the dynamic content as they deem appropriate. The VBA would then replace anything in curly brackets with the genuine field name.
I could possibly start with Replace(Email_Body, "{", "' & [") and repeat it for the end curly bracket, but I'm sure VBA would just render this as Dear ' & [Title] & ' etc. without interpreting it as Dear Mr...
I hope I've explained myself OK. To look at it another way, in Excel there is a function called INDIRECT() which allows Excel to interpret a cell reference as the actual content of the cell...
I have created a form taking in Data from a query.On the form I have created a combo box. The selected value is used in an criteria of the query.The criteria in the query is:[Forms].[frmMyPortfolio]![cbodep].How can I ensure that all values in query are generated, if their is no selection in the combos.
I use this bit of code to generate an Outlook email body with the contents of strBody. How can I modify this so the HTML generated is in "Courier new" font size 11?
With MailOutLook .To = Recipient .CC = RecipientCopy .Subject = Subject .BodyFormat = olFormatHTML .Body = StrBody .display End With
Good Evening Everybody, I am currently helping some people out at work with their database. My knowledge of Access is very limited, and whilst my it is improving I have nonetheless come up against a ‘hurdle’ which I am struggling to jump. The database in question is not complex, quite the opposite in fact. Basically 1 table ‘Main Data’ , 1 data entry form and a few reports. The table includes 8 fields in the following formats:
ID: Auto Number Area: Text Equipment:Text EquipSrlNo:Text EquipLocalNo:Text MOPNo:Number DateDone:Date/Time MOPPeriodicity:Text
I was recently asked to produce a report for them that would search between two dates using a parameter query and to then return the result. The problem is that when I generate it using the following SQL it returns records in the period that I asked for, but then collects ‘additional records’ which fall outside the date-span that I originally requested, i.e. search Between 03/04/08 And 30/04/08 produces data that relates to data in May, June, July 08 etc. I thought that what I was doing was correct, and it has worked for me in the past- but on this occasion I am absolutely confused???
SQL SELECT [Main Data].Area, [Main Data].Equipment, [Main Data].EquipLocalNo, [Main Data].MOPNo, [Main Data].DateDone, [Main Data].EquipSrlNo, IIf([MOPPeriodicity]="1",DateAdd("m",1,[DateDone]),IIf([MOPPeriodicity]="3",DateAdd("m",3,[DateDone]),IIf([MOPPeriodicity]="6",DateAdd("m",6,[DateDone]),IIf([MOPPeriodicity]="WEEKLY",DateAdd("ww",1,[DateDone]))))) AS TestDueNext, [Main Data].MOPPeriodicity FROM [Main Data] WHERE ((([Main Data].Area)=[Enter Area Type]) AND ((IIf([MOPPeriodicity]="1",DateAdd("m",1,[DateDone]),IIf([MOPPeriodicity]="3",DateAdd("m",3,[DateDone]),IIf([MOPPeriodicity]="6",DateAdd("m",6,[DateDone]),IIf([MOPPeriodicity]="WEEKLY",DateAdd("ww",1,[DateDone])))))) Between [Enter Date Start] And [Enter DateStop]));
Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the database in question and so I am unable to post it for the purpose of explanation.
Can some kind person point me in the right direction as I am slowly losing the ‘will to live’ Ha? Ha? You have always been so helpful in the past and hence the reason I have called upon my ‘forum friends’ to help me out?
