A favor to ask: Pat Hartman posted an example db shortly before this site was attacked that dealt with setting up a form in a non-normal fashion to enter/display data that was in normalized tables. Did anyone download and keep a copy?
I downloaded it and was going to study it to try to build something similar for a lab application, but I lost my copy and can't get it back. A search here did not pull the post up, so I'm assuming the attack got the post, which was in the example DB section.
If anyone still has a copy, or if you see this Pat, would you mind posting the file again? I'd really like to study this one.
Hi, i'm new here and I know there's a lot going on but i was hoping someone could point me in the right direction or give me a few tips...
I've imported a very large (nearly 15000 records) set of data into an Access database as one big huge table storing various bits of information about coins. As far as I can tell, the data is in at least first normal form, in that no multiple values are stored in any columns (not yet sure of the technical term - field?)
Anyway, I've managed to use a make table query to separate out some of the content of the table into separate tables with relating entities.
One question is, and please bear with me - How do I add an autonumbered primary key to these newly separated out tables and then add these autonumbered items to the original tables as IDs so that I can set up relationships? Is there a "proper" way to go about describing this?
The following consists of ALL the fields in the original table and how i've split them up by table:
PERIODS PeriodName PeriodCode PeriodHeading PeriodStartYear PeriodEndYear
VARIETIES Variety
The Variety field in the Variety table is especially problematic. There were 1259 varieties stored in the original table which are now in a separate Varieties table which is great. But how do i now add an autoincrement number and call it, say, VarietyID, but then link each Variety back to the main list of coins but replace the full Variety description with the newly created VarietyID?
If any of that made sense, i'd REALLY appreciate some wisdom here.
You have may it very clear on a number of post, that I've read, that checking for required fields and duplicate fields, should be done in the forms BeforeUpdate event and last week, when you helped to try and achieve this on one of my forms, posted back and stated, "I never remove the close box or make forms modal unless they absolutely work."
Here's my question. If I disabled the forms max, min and close and then put my own Close cmdButton on the form and in this cmdButtons OnClick event I did my validations before I allowed the form to go to Close, wouldn't this at least be an OK way of doing it since I'm not allowing any of the forms "closing" events to fire? With BeforeUpdate I'm having to validate and if it doesn't pass, then stop the form from closing and cancel the forms events.
I'm only asking this cause I know your experience level is way above mine and of course I'm using my own close button, and the way you answered me made me think this was not a good way to do it, so I thought I would ask if it is a bad way of doing it and why. I just want to make sure that I'm not creating problems for myself.
I have built a database using Access 2010 using the 'web' format for the forms, reports and tables.
This has been fine so far as I have been using macros for my clickonevents.
However I now need some functionality not available in the web forms macro expression builder. Namely Openquery, (it is not on the available list). I therefore want to copy my forms formatting and properties to a normal non-web form allowing me to enter vba code.
Is there no way of doing this though - will I have to redesign the form again from scratch?
I created a DB that I put security on and now everytime I create a new DB or go into a any DB I have to use a password even though it shouldn't require one. I know it has to do with the SYSTEM.mdw file but all of them say the same thing and I can't seem to find the problem. Please help.
Hello all!Maybe strange, but I have litterely created a new database from my "old" one. I did this because I thought the size of the database was growing way to fast.What I did was open two instances of Access, one with a new empty database open and one with the other "old" database open. I manually created all tables, queries, forms and code again by selecting everyting in design view, copying it, creating a new table/form/query/module in the empty database and pasting the data. After that I had to set some properties and it was ready to go. After compiling and compacting the new database was just 718kb in size. Empty that is. Then I added a couple of cases, compacted again, added some more, compacted again. (copies of the same data on different records). The same I did with the other "old" database.Both now have 12 clients with 2 cases (totalling 24 cases) every client and every case existing of the same data.The new database is now 1.120KB in size, the old one is 2.096KB. That's almost double. The only real difference between the two that I can think of is that one has a 20KB image tiled on the background of each form (the same image though) plus, of course, in the one database I've been designing, adding, deleting more.But how is it possible that these data sizes are so different? 100KB difference, ok. But almost double the size? How is that possbile and why? Are there things I can do to keep it at bay apart from using the Compacting and Reparing option? Plus: Is this normal?Edit: I emptied them. One is now 812KB in size empty, the other one is 1496 empty. Still... double the size. ?
I'm given this table and I'm supposed to say in which Normal Form it is. I'm not sure but I guess in this specific case I need to consider both Toy_ID and Order_ID as primary key. Then one can see that Order_Date ist dependent on Order_ID but not on Toy_ID, then the table should be in 2NF, right ?
The table is not in 3NF because even though Producer is dependent on Toy_ID (at least I think it's dependent), City and Country are not directly but only transitively dependent on Toy_ID. Am I right ?
I currently have a database thats A Replica which I need to Convert Back to a Normal Data file, Is there a simple way of doing this other than creating a new db with tables then using Querys to add the data from the replica.
I'm using 2002 and the replica if sized around 470Mb with over 200 Tables.
also does anybody know if the file size for assess 2002 was incresed from access 2000's 2Gb.
As in the topic stands that im looking for a code that hides Access and it starts up like a normal program. Ive searched several things on the forums and i actually did found something only he didnt gave the code ;(.
I'm wanting to get a very, very pale shade of gray as the background colour for an Access form, as well as for several text boxes on it. This is so that users can distinguish editable regions (white bgs) from uneditable ones (light gray bgs).
The default colours that pop up in the menu choices are too dark for this. I've tried using a tiled image for the background of the form, which works fine. But I'd like my uneditable textboxes to be selectable (so users can copy data) whilst being that colour too, which can't be done.
Therefore I'm looking for either the number code for a very very light gray colour (Access' default lightest is "12632256") or some sort of translator tool to let me know how on earth these numbers relate to anything in computing -- I mean, what do those numbers represent? Are they html=no, hex codes=no, rgb values, no... I mean, how is Access coming up with those numbers? I've tried just getting a light gray using trial and error and can't figure it out (even ended up with lime green at one point - very nice on the eyes lol).
Why do I have 2 Office Record locking, with different names. One is called Secured (which is ok), but the second one is called the same name of the Database. My database is running real slow. I have compacted and repair, but still running slow. I thought it might be the network, but when I open my old backups they run normal.
I saved my database as ACCDE file which is executable now the problem i am facing is i can't edit my database since i can not view it into design view.
I am wondering why the alteration to my form in design view is not reflected in the "normal" form view. I have included the two views. In design view I moved "Staff In"/"Staff ID" to the top of the form believing that as I work left to right thay would appear on the left hand side in normal view.
However, in the image of "normal" view you can see that "Staff In" is way over on the right hand side of the form.
Any ideas how I can fix this?
Thank you http://www.btinternet.com/~peter_paterson/Access/SubFormDesign.jpg http://www.btinternet.com/~peter_paterson/Access/SubformFormView.jpg
In my form's text box I have noticed that I can;t write paragraphs ie use the TAB key to start a new line. If I use rich text I assume this will be possible. But are there any disadvantages to using rich text?
Is there a way to open a form from a form in a different database? I'm pretty sure it needs to be done in VBA and have seen some code floating around that suggests it can be done, but I'm thinking there's more to it, like maybe one or both of the DB's need to be in a different format?
I have a database with a Main Menu Form, containing a Button that loads my main data entry form. When the Button is Clicked portions of the data entry form that is loading shows through the Main Form Background (e.g. portions of the navigation bars, and portions of the boarder on the form that is loading.)
Im trying to create a database for a small hotel but Im having trouble making each booking individual. I have customers who I can make individual by making a autonumber - customer ID and I have a seperate table for rooms but in making a booking table i can't have two autonumbers, as in I cant have an autonumber for customer ID and one for Booking ref. any help?
I was presented with a challenge to create a form that users will fill out online. There are a handful of questions mostly with check box answers, and a couple of areas to type your name and the date.
NOTE: this form is currently only on paper...
Now how do I go about making this form into an "online" version?
Basically I need users to be able to fill out this form online and then have the results collected. And possibly have the admin be able to generate a report of the forms that have been submitted.
I've got a form that has drop down menus to select info from a particular table for search criteria in Access 2003. If I select a certain set of data I get results in from query. If I happen to leave one of the drop down menus blank than I get no results, when I know there are results availabe. What type of language do I need to put in the criteria part of the query to allow a blank search of one or more of my drop down menus? Say I have 10 drop down menu criteria, and I want to use only 3 of them as criteria for a particular search, so I select the appropriate items and leave the rest blank. But using the same form, be able to do a different search using any combination of the drop down menus with a specific response or blank to search every respoonse in that field.
That way I can have one form to do multiple types of queries depending on the information you select in the drop down menus. And if the menu is blank, the query assumes any entry in that column is open to results.
Any ideas? I am a newbie to Access, so I'm probably just missing something simple, or I'm trying to do something far more technical then I ever thought it would be.
Is it possible to open a database from a form in a different database? Not necessary to do so; it would just be handy to do from the form I already have up and looking at rather than having to go open another instance of access and go to that database.
My form enters the data into my table just fine. when i view the data in the TABLE, I can see all records and use the record selector at the bottom of the window, just fine...it shows 1 of 9 or howver many records. here's my problem. I want to enter as well as view my records via the FORM and when I open the form, it let's me enter stuff but it only update the record selector according the current session.
Example: I open my form, enter 4 records. The record selector shows 4 of 4. I then close my form. When I open it again, the 4 records are in the TABLE, but the FORM (blank and ready for my new entries) shows 1 of 1 again. The entries (records) go in but the record selector never reads (counts) anything entered in the previous session, even though the records ARE THERE in the TABLE (as they should be). HELP!! What control have I mixed up?
I know this is pretty basic, but it is annoying me. Whenever I bring up a certain form in my database, it seems to call up the database form. How can I get rid of this.
