Database Layout Questions
Nov 15, 2005
I have designed a few databases for my work. I have been recently assigned a new one that has me a little stumped. I am looking for some suggestions as to how to go about this.
Essentially, we have a training department that does training in the various aspects of the job. In the various classes, the "students" take a midterm exam to gauge the level of retention of the training midpoint in the class. Then at the end of the class, they need to take a final exam.
My department director would like the "students" to be able to take the exams using Access, since 99% of the questions are either multiple choice, yes/no, true/false, or fill in the blank, and Access would be able to "auto-grade" the tests, essentially.
I am at a loss, basically, as to the layout. The "student" information table would be the easy part. I am unsure of how to create the tables that would have the questions, depending on the class and whether it is a midterm or final, with the answer choices attached.
Any suggestions?
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Jan 13, 2005
I have an issue with a database layout and I am not sure which is the best way to proceed.
The problem is in an invoice part of a db . When a service is delivered, say 2 hours of a technicians time, it has to be assigned to a particular tech. No problem when there is only one tech however there could be two or more techs who have helped to supply this particular service and the time ( and income) needs to be divided up between them. However the invoice can only show one item the ie total time taken to deliver the service ( quite likely to be a fixed cost for a particular service ).
Possibilties I have considered are: to have a number of fields in the invoice detail table , one for each tech, however I would have to assume a maximum number of possible techs per job and also there would be a lot of redundant fields and trying to analyse how many hours each has worked would be painful.
Each tech could be assigned a code ( single number or letter ) and these could be stored in a single field . The code would then have to be manipulated to work out how many techs worked on each item and how much each had worked. Again this is rather messy.
I think the ideal would be for each tech to have their own table where each time an service was invoiced which they helped delivered the appropiate percentage is assigned but I cant quite see how to do this.
Any ideas or examples gratefully recieved
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May 24, 2006
ok, someone please clarify this for me..
i know about normalisation and data redundancy..
therefore i will lay out my database like so..
job id
job date
job time
job id
driver id
driver id
driver name
driver phone
job id
payment id
price
etc...
this is all fine..
in the most straightforward situation, you create a form based on a table...
now if i create a query with fields from all the tables.. eg..
job date, job time, driver name, price
if i create a form in the basic way, you cannot add fields from several tables (in the direct sense i mean, forgettin the use of subforms.. etc)
if i create a form based on the query, will this allow me to add as many fields, and most importantly from as many tables, as i wish.. choosing only the relevant ones for that particular form..
will everthing automatically link with the job id if my user fills in this form..
if this is the case then i can see my self making one large query.. with all the relevant job details, and then using a tabbed form to separate them.. is this a common practice.. is this the correct way to go about things?
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Starting up a database that will allow a teacher to add students to a detention roster on a specified date.
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Jul 20, 2015
I want to track inventory. All our items are tubes that are stored in boxes in a 10x10 grid. So I have a single access table with columns for tube ID, box ID, and position in the box (numbered 1-100). That works fine in terms of 'where can I find tube x'. However it's also useful to be able to look at the physical box & check that there are tubes where should be tubes, and empty spaces where there should be empty spaces. So for each box in the database, I want to print out a 10x10 grid, with the appropriate tube ID's in the appropriate place. Then I can easily check the layout in the database against the layout in the actual box.
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Dec 2, 2005
Hey guys, bit of a novice here
Say your got a database that has many users & in which quite alot of information is added to it on a regular basis. Basically its getting slower, what could be the problems & how could you fix it???
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Jul 24, 2007
I am a newbie and just found your forum - hope you can help me.
I built a kindergarten software but seems to have a problem : I have children registered and I keep records of the parents, other relatives etc'.
My question : what w'd be the relations between the tables since parents can have more then 1 child and so does the other relative (each parent has his own table). Should I keep all details in 1 table (personal detail for child + professional details such as positioned in adult class etc/
Hope I'm clear.
Thanks
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Dec 18, 2006
I am new to databases,, in fact I've never created one before,,
However I started learning today , for this project,,
I'm going to be learning on my own, but if someone feels kind they can give me the basics on how (the following) database would be created.
Fields
Box # (Number)
CBS Code (number)
Shackle Code (Number)
Agent Name
Property Street
Date Out
Date In
Where I can put in a Box # and it will fill in the other information for that box, showing if its currently out (aka no check in date with most current record),
If its not I can input Agent name, property, and Date out (then it will be checked out)? or some way to accomplish this.
Info can also be looked up by Agent name with autofill for the rest of the fields?,
Or Property with autofill
If searched by box Num, I want all previous agents used (check in and check out value) as well as current
If search by Agent, I want all box information from past, check in, and check in/out. with the rest of the records,,
I know this is possible,,
And I'll figure it out,,
But help speeding my learning would be appriciated
Thanks!
Collin
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Jul 30, 2007
Hi,
New to forum. Beginner/Intermediate Access Experience.
Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
The database i am creating will basically need to have a user check-off a list of Fire Extinguishers that he has checked, on a monthly basis. For example, the user will enter a date, and then a form with a list of all the extinguishers will pop up, and he will place a check mark by each one. When he enters the check mark, that date will be stored so that we have a history of when each extinguisher was checked and by whom (using initials or something)
Currently, my design is simple, something like this:
tblUser
pkUserTableID
fldUserName
fldUserInitial
fldINSPECTIONDATE
tblExtinguisher
pkExtinguisherID
fldExtinguisherNumber
fldExtinguisherManufacturer
fldExtinguisherType
fkUserTableID
My question is this:
-Am I going down the right track with the 2 tables?
-Do I need a third table to Store the Historical Data?
-I am not quite sure how to layout the form so that all the extinguishers are listed.
I know these questions may seem vague, but any help would by highly appreciated.
thank you.
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Nov 4, 2005
Hello everyone, im new here and i have some basic access knowledge, little knowledge about VB. Im looking to create a access database using access 2000 -- I know what I need and how to create most of it, however, I do not know how to do a few things, input for improvement or recommendations are more than welcome... Heres the design
Im doing a fairly simple inventory control database, it will have about 8-10 fields:
FAX# (date)
DATE (date)
NAME (text)
EMP# (number)
UNIT (text)
SIZE (text) (this is static and will be combo box drop down)
GENDER (text) (same as size)
POSITION (text) (same as size)
SENT (date)
AMOUNT (number)
RECEIVED (number)
PO# (text)
I need all of that in a form, which I can do, what i also will need on the form is the current amount which be determined by RECEIVED - AMOUNT, which I need to some how show up on the form (this i dont know how to accomplish) ive been trying to put a formula into a text box like =SUM([RECEIVED]-[AMOUNT]) ... it works okay, unless i copy from excel to the table which the form uses, then it doesnt see the items i copied into the table, only the items that were typed in using the form. I also I need to put like a box below the text boxes which will display a query (which i dont know how to do) -- this box will display a query (ie. if i wanted to filter out all , and only see SIZE = xl GENDER = male and then the box will show up in 'table' form all the people who meet that requirement.)
==============================================
= Gender [M/F] Size [XS/S/M/L/XL] Position [K/C/W] =
= Name [ ] Unit [ ] Emp# [ ] =
= =
= Date [ ] Sent [ ] Fax [ ] =
= =
= PO# [ ] Received [ ] =
= ------------------------------------------------------- =
= Search [ ] Amount Left: X =
= ------------------------------------------------------- =
= || || =
= ||---------------------------------------------------|| =
= || || =
= ||---------------------------------------------------|| =
= || || =
= ||---------------------------------------------------|| =
= ------------------------------------------------------- =
==============================================
Thats the best ascii drawing i can do of what invision...
:) Thanks for any help in advance.
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Jan 21, 2007
Hello.
I have spent the last couple of hours looking through the forums but have managed to get myself really confused. Lots of questions, sorry - if anyone can point me in the right direction with one or two of them, I would be hugely grateful!
I have a database in a shared folder on the network at work. It is due to start being used by users other than myself in future weeks, and I see here that it's sensible to split things into a FE and a BE.
1. My initial problem is that I have a nagging memory of being told that we're not supposed to save anything on the individual computers hard drives. Can a split leave both the BE and the various copies of the FE on the shared drive, or does this negate the reasons for splitting in the first place?
2. Additionally, with little space left on the shared drive itself, it's possible we'll not have the room to put 10+ copies of the FE on it anyway. If I just split the database into the BE and ONE copy of the FE which everyone accesses, will the BE at least be made more secure by the split, even if the FE is still vulnerable, and performance isn't improved?
3. If no sort of split is possible, are there any alternatives to splitting?
Lastly, some questions for if we ARE able to split and put the FE on each computer:
(I would be keeping the BE and the "master" version of the FE on the shared drive. All tables in the BE and queries, reports and forms for the "user interface" in the FE. Hopefully this is roughly what I'm supposed to do).
4. With a split database, what happens with compacting? Presumably the BE of the database can be compacted as normal, but what happens with all the versions of the FE? Does each user have to be responsible for compacting them individually? Does an FE even need compacting if the design is unchanged?
5. Does splitting affect what happens if two people either open or amend a record at the same time, or is that still just governed by the record locks setting in Tools (which would need to be set before splitting presumably)?
6. If the design of the FE changes (but none of the underlying tables, queries etc. are touched), do I just give each user a copy of the new version, or does something more complicated have to happen (ie. does the whole splitting process have to take place again)? What about if new tables are added to the BE, or if existing tables / queries are amended? Can I just issue amended versions of the FE that interacts with the new tables as needed?
7. I have drop down lists and combo boxs in the forms in the FE that use tables to populate them. Will it cause problems that these tables are in the BE - such as impractical amounts of time before combo boxs show their options? (The table has to be in the BE (I think?) because the user updates the content of these tables / combo boxs through one of the other forms in the FE)
Many, many, many thanks if anyone can help me out with any of these.
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Mar 9, 2006
Hi all,
I've played a bit with MS Access 2003 the last week. I've made a form wich should contain information about stores (phone numbers, locations e.g.).
I'm trying to imagine myself (what could be a real) scenario, that way it's easier to give myself practice and tasks :)
As I'm new to MS Access, I'd like you to take a look at my forms. I want to know if there's better ways to do what I have done, and if I have done something wrong.
I also got a couple of questions;
Lets say I want to print one post by clicking on a button, is that hard to implement?
Is it possible to make a button, which exports the form to an .xls -file by clicking on it?
I did make these forms on a computer that had the resolution to 1280/1024, when I tried to open the form on a computer with 1024/768 resolution, the forms won't be displayed in the center of the screen :confused:
I think that's all.. Thanks! :)
Here's the access -file (http://www.home.no/f00b/stores.rar) (180kB) (use winrar to extract it)
I've tried to transalate to forms into english, sorry for the bad english :o
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Nov 30, 2007
Dear Reader
I am a realtivly new user and I do not know alot of things about Access
I have set up a database, and within this database, i have a table with my product details (the products are books, details include: ISBN, Title, Stock Level, and Price), I also have a table with customer's information (Name, Contact details, etc). I have created an order form, from which a user selects the customers name from a drop down list, and then he selects his name, and finally the date. Following this the user then works within a subform.
This subform has the following details, Order ID, Book ID, and Quantity Ordered. After this I want there to be a subtotal. I have no idea as to how to set this up, but I am assuming that I would need a query or something, to look up the price of the books, and then to multiply it by the quantity that the customer wants. Following this ideally I would like a small box on the main form saying the total value of the order.
Would their be anyway, to add the book ISBN number into the subform, where the user could either type in the ISBN number or select from a combo box the book title, but either way, both fields are updated, what ever method is used.
From this subform, I would like to be able to print out an order summary/invoice. This would contain all the books ordered by the customer in the current transaction, as well as the customer’s information, and the total of the order.
And my final question is probably the hardest one. Is their anyway (possibly by pressing a button) to automatically minimize the stock value on the products table, by the quantity chosen by the user in the order form? And if the quantity wanted is greater than the amount in stock, for a message to appear on the Order Summary/Invoice stating "On Order"
Using the above method, would it then be possible through the creation of a query to show what customers have ordered in the past, in a tab on the customer's details form.
Thanking you in advanced
CJM
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Nov 2, 2006
I started a fairly sucessfull eBay company selling Cellular Phones. Now i am trying to speed up the entire process through the intergration of mutiple programs.
What i have is one program called Blackthorne, i think it is a .net program but i know for sure all of its information is store into a LARGE database with all the sales, listings, and inventory information.
What i would like to do is have access print out the packing slips of all items that are in the payment cleared catagory, and to print them out in accending order.
Is there a way to do this. If so i have aot more little problems to solve, and may need more help but if i can't do that then i will just keep it the way it is.
Thanks alot for your help
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Nov 30, 2007
Dear Reader
I am a realtivly new user and I do not know alot of things about Access
I have set up a database, and within this database, i have a table with my product details (the products are books, details include: ISBN, Title, Stock Level, and Price), I also have a table with customer's information (Name, Contact details, etc). I have created an order form, from which a user selects the customers name from a drop down list, and then he selects his name, and finally the date. Following this the user then works within a subform.
This subform has the following details, Order ID, Book ID, and Quantity Ordered. After this I want there to be a subtotal. I have no idea as to how to set this up, but I am assuming that I would need a query or something, to look up the price of the books, and then to multiply it by the quantity that the customer wants. Following this ideally I would like a small box on the main form saying the total value of the order.
Would their be anyway, to add the book ISBN number into the subform, where the user could either type in the ISBN number or select from a combo box the book title, but either way, both fields are updated, what ever method is used.
From this subform, I would like to be able to print out an order summary/invoice. This would contain all the books ordered by the customer in the current transaction, as well as the customer’s information, and the total of the order.
And my final question is probably the hardest one. Is their anyway (possibly by pressing a button) to automatically minimize the stock value on the products table, by the quantity chosen by the user in the order form? And if the quantity wanted is greater than the amount in stock, for a message to appear on the Order Summary/Invoice stating "On Order"
Using the above method, would it then be possible through the creation of a query to show what customers have ordered in the past, in a tab on the customer's details form.
I have attached a copy of the relationships, as well as various images, the order form, customers’ details and product details forms.
Thanking you in advanced
CJM
*If more images are needed feel free to ask
Order Form
http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/5/11/30/f_Untitled1m_9a2e33a.jpg
Product Form
http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/5/11/30/f_Untitled3m_2e1c239.jpg
Customer's Details Form
http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/5/11/30/f_Untitled4m_0b196eb.jpg
Relationships
http://img31.picoodle.com/img/img31/5/11/30/f_Untitled2m_cf8ac06.jpg
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Aug 23, 2014
I'm trying to build up a database for Multiple choice questions quiz in MS access 2010.My requirement are as follows
My quiz consist of 15 questions. Each questions carry some weightage. Suppose a question carries a weightage of 5 and there are two correct options like A & C. If user selects option A then he gets half marks.Multiple users can access the test at the same time.
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Jul 16, 2007
Hi, I have a survey database file containing the following tables
tblQuestions - contains survey questions
tblResponse - contains responses inputted by user
tblRespondents - contains info on user (e.g. Name, Add...etc)
Is it possible that answer to some questions are dependent on other questions?
for example:
Question 1 -True/false
Question 2 -True/false
Question 3 -True/false
If question1=false or question2=false then question3=false
(the response to question 3 is automatic and dependent on the responses of question1 and question2)
Thanks in advance for those who can give me some suggestions.
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Oct 26, 2005
I have subforms that are datasheet view, if the user rearranges the coloumns, or resizes etc , I would like to save what they have done so it is as they left it next time they open up the screen.
This works fine with an mdb (all my forms are set to close acsaveNo).
However in an mde this doesn't work.
Can I get this to happen in and mde.
(A button that saves a layout change would be fine for my purpose)
Thanks
Paul
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Mar 16, 2006
Hello Everyone,
I'm pulling my hair off with this situation. I have an excel file that was given to us by the payroll department of our company, but my manager doesn't like the layout in which was given to us. I've attached a sample of the file, the file has two sheets the first one is how the original file looks like and the second sheet "final look" is how my manager want the file to look.The original file is pretty big, it's for 33 different employees and it contains 93,500 rows. I think it will take forever to do this manually, any ideas would be really appreciated.
Thanks,
Pablo
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Mar 1, 2007
I had a couple of forms go corrupt in one of my databases this morning, which has around 50 or so tables in it. I repaired the database by creating a new db then importing all the db objects from the original and the 2 corrupted forms from yesterday's backup.
However, the relationships table is now a disorganized mess. Is there some way to import the layout of the relationships table from the original db or am I stuck with manually re-arranging?
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Nov 20, 2007
Hi all,
How should I do if I want to display my records in Report by 3col x 5row instead of 1col x 15row.
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Apr 11, 2007
17099Good Morning
I was wondering if someone can please assist/advice. I am currently a bit stuck and feeling like I am walking into a dead end the whole time.
I am currently creating a DB with the purpose of Capturing Potential Candidates provide them with an ID. Fill in their basic details Name Surname, submit to a report, which I will then export, email to them, they will fill in the outstanding information requested, send it back and will import it back into the DB with my various queries to run searches on candidates for placements.
My only problem is that I have quite a lot of fields...
So I Decided to Create 4 Tables
In each table I am using the same ID for a person so should be a 1 to 1 Relationship.
1 General Information
2 Info Relating to Skill
3 Work History
4 Qualifications.
I have all of these separate tables due to the fact that with all the records in one i exceed my 255 table fields allowed
But then if I decide to create a query so I can run some of the details i get errors because there are to many fields. Even if i run one on the other. My last one will still have to many fields.
Basically I am hoping someone can just assist in what would be the best way for me to lay out my tables. And what would be the best to link these tables.
Is it better to have all the records horizontally, or as a one to many with duplicates.
Please find attached a copy of the tables. I would really appreciate any advice
Regards
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Aug 12, 2006
Hi,
I created a sub-form using the wizard; however, I can't get it to view as Calumnar even when I move its text boxes about and change their order. When I run it, it always show as a datasheet!
Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.
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Jun 18, 2005
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Jul 9, 2007
I have this very important question, I dont know how to do it but I am sure Access support this and it is doable.
I have the following recorset:
Name LeaveType LeaveDate LeaveYear
Frank Annual 25/06/2007 2007
Frank Annual 30/04/2007 2007
Frank Unpaid 11/09/2004 2004
James Unpaid 04/03/2006 2006
James Unpaid 19/09/2006 2006
Meco Paternity 17/12/2004 2004
Meco Paternity 18/12/2004 2004
Meco Annual 02/07/2006 2006
Paolo Annual 25/06/2007 2007
Paolo Annual 12/06/2007 2007
Paolo Annual 24/06/2004 2004
I want the data to be shown in a report as follow:
Name: Frank
Leave Type200720062004
Annual200
Unpaid001
Paternity 000
Name: James
Leave Type200720062004
Annual000
Unpaid020
Paternity 000
Name: Meco
Leave Type200720062004
Annual010
Unpaid000
Paternity 002
Name: Paolo
Leave Type200720062004
Annual201
Unpaid000
Paternity 000
I WILL HIGHLY APPRECIATE IF SOME ONE HELP ME DO THIS VERY IMPORTANT TASK.
REGARDS,
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Jun 27, 2005
I am working on a complex database to store Business information as well as specific into about that Business... here is the tricky part...
The individual companies are sorted by Business type (i.e. Computer Software Companies, Child Care Providers, Commercial Building Contractors, etc.) and each Business type needs to hold a simi-customized set of information (i.e. Commercial Building Contractors needs Total AZ Billings for Commercial Bldg., $ Awarded for Completed Contracts, % of Work Subcontracted, No. of Local Employees, and Areas of Specialty). I will refer to each type of information as a Category. Each Business Type has between 4 and 7 Categories. Within a Business Type there are between 10 and 30 companies listed. There will be just over 200 Business Types listed within my database structure, as well as around 100 unique types of Categories.
Primarily, I need to be able to query and format each Business Type, to include the Companies information as well as each Category that is associated with the Business in a flat spreadsheet style layout.
Now, I intend to create a unique report (if needed) for each Business Type as needed to customize the look (i.e. column widths and any other special formatting needed) of each Business Type,
Here is where I stand currently with this project…
I have 4 tables,
1. Business (it includes basic contact info that is common to all business)
2. Category (is basically a list of all possible categories)
3. BusinessCategory (a Many-to-Many relationship container that links the BusinessID to the CategoryID and includes the corresponding Value)
4. BusinessType (a list of business types that a business can belong to)
This structure seems to work in that it can handle the customization of categories for each Business within a BusinessType. The problem I am running into with this structure is creating a query to handle the data and create a “flat” table for a BusinessType with each Business and it’s categories.
It may be that I can use this structure to do what I need done, however I think that there must be a better way to structure my data to work the way I need it to work. I really appreciate your input on this!
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