How can I get an exact match in a search. If I search for say C1 I get results showing everything with C1 i.e C1, C11, C12, C13 etc. I just want to show C1's
This shows my query at present.
Like [Forms]![Search]![BoxNo] & "*"
Hi,
Does anyone know how to perform an exact match using file search. The code I have below searches for the users AcroRd32.exe file (I have done it this way to allow for different versions of the reader). The problem is that foundfiles returns also AcroRd32info.exe ie FoundFiles(1). i only want to search for the prior!
Set fs = Application.FileSearch
With fs
.NewSearch
.LookIn = "C:Program FilesAdobe"
.SearchSubFolders = True
.FileName = "AcroRd32.exe"
If .Execute > 0 Then 'check if there is such a file
stAppName = .FoundFiles(1) 'then define this as the applicate string name
stAppName = stAppName & " " 'append a space or file string not correct
'specify path name for location of file.pdf
stlocation = GetPrivateProfileString32("C:WINDOWSSSI_PROGRS_DATABASE.ini", "DIR", "DATABASE_FILELOCATION")
stpathname = stlocation & "file.pdf"
Shell stAppName & stpathname, vbMaximizedFocus
Else
'if no file is found then need to instruct user to install reader
MsgBox "You need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file", vbExclamation
End If
End With
Cheers to any help..
Tania
Background:
I have a database that keeps track of containers -what they belong to, and what is in them. Each container has a “Call #” which is labeled on the container and is a primary key in the database. The “Call #” field is set to only allow 5 characters in this field. A standard “Call #” for example is "A 152".
When a new container comes into the system, which has not been physically labeled yet, I enter it in the database a little different. So let us say container "A 152" just came in, and has not been physically labeled yet. I enter the “Call #” into the system as "MA152". The "M" tell me it still needs to be physically labeled.
When I go to label all the unlabeled containers, I print a report with all the "Call #''s that start with "M".
I have another field in the same table called "Mark". In my forms I can then go through and click a "Mark Button". The Report prints all containers where the "Mark" field = yes(True). This feature is used for a number of different reports, not just unlabeled containers. To keep the database clean and in order, all “Mark” fields reset to no(false) whenever it opens up.
Because, I used the “Mark” field for other reports, simply clicking the “Mark Button” when I enter the new container into the system will not work.
My Question:
Is There a way to have a Query search for the first letter in a field. So when I go to print my report, a query runs looking for all "Call #s" that start with the letter “M”.
Hi all
I'm using an array with the Instr function. The array (or the Instr function) doesn't seem to be case sensitive... which is a pain because its picking words within words where the case doesn't match!! I'd like the vales in the array to match exactly when using the Instr function
Any idea how I can get around this??
Thanks
Damon
Hello,
i'm not sure how to write a query, maybe it'll take VBA function to accomplish this, but I need to display the results for all invoices for an item.
Little background:
1. This set of invoices are of only one particular product line as it's this product line that needs this special handling. These are Guitar orders.
2. Each guitar item can have option items on the same invoice. So basically these are all considered item numbers.
3. The guitar starts as the bare / basic guitar. The customer can choose to select one or many options for a custom guitar.
4. These orders will need to have special guitar programming codes that need to be entered into their guitar programming machines. Call these "Codes".
5. Depending on the option items for the various guitar items, the Codes could vary.
6. Need to be able to display ONLY the Codes specific to the guitar or guitar and option combinations.
I have several tables:
1. Guitar for all the guitar items
2. Options for all the option items
3. ProgrammingCodes for all the programming Codes
4. ProgramCodes for creating the above combinations with a field named ComboID.
5. GuitarHeader - the invoice number and guitar item
6. GuitarDetails - the invoice number and option item (invoice number to invoicenumber link to the GuitarHeader)
Then there's a main form and a sub-form for the end-user (guitar programmer).
1. The main form is the Guitar items
2. The sub-form is the ProgramCodes fields
this form is used for this end-user select the Guitar and options (where necessary) and select the Codes and enter the ComboID for all.
for instance:
These are all the possible codes for AE185.
AND depending on the Options selected for AE185 on invoices, the Codes will differ.
The ComboID is the differentiator.
Code:GuitarOptionCodeComboIDAE185 185RR 1AE185 186RHT1AE185 187RT 1AE18538185RR2AE18538186RHT2AE18538187RT382AE185BB185RR3AE185BB186RHT3AE185BB188RT-B3AE18538185RR4AE185BB185RR4AE18538186RHT4AE185BB186RHT4AE18538188RT38B 4AE185BB188RT38B 4
so for the Codes that repeats in the ComboID is only because the Option(s) also requires that Code as well as the other Codes.
for instance, if the invoice ONLY has Option 38 from the Options defined for Codes, then the result would be:
Code:AE18538185RR2AE18538186RHT2AE18538187RT382AE185BB185RR3AE185BB186RHT3AE185BB188RT-B3AE18538185RR4AE185BB185RR4AE18538186RHT4AE185BB186RHT4AE18538188RT38B4AE185BB188RT38B4
Code:Invoice Guitar Codes123456 AE185 185RR 186RHT 187RT38 <-- say this invoice had Option 38 that was the only match234567 AE185 185RR 186RHT 188RT-B <-- because BB was the only one that matches345678 AE185 185RR 186RHT 188RT38B <-- because both 38 & BB matches
So guess the question is how do I write a query or function (VBA) to be used in a query to get the results for ONLY the matching options so the correct codes for just these options are displaying?
It's difficult to me in figuring that out. how to make sure that the result does not show the ALL the codes that match but ONLY the codes in the combinations. Again, hence the reason why I got to the point of having Combination IDs to differentiate that.
hope I made sense here. Not sure how else to ask the question other then to try and provide examples
let me know how else to explain if this is not helping.
there are certain txt boxes that once filled out, will filter a subform of a table of 1000's of records to give them a number to use on the form around 200 of the records have a depot in the "depot" field on the table, when they input a depot, it filters to them 200 fine if a depot is there,
what i want is, when they input the depot, if its there, filter it, if its not, to do nothing, as they could still get a unique number if the depot isnt in the list what happens now is, if the depot isnt in the list, it displays no records
Field : Fld_Depot
Table : Tbl_Agreement_Summary
Show : False
Criteria : Like "*" & SearchForText([Forms]![Frm_New_Accounts]![Fld_Depot]) & "*"
Or : Is Null
How to find an exact match in a Access DB table using Sql Query in VB6 ?I know that "Like" keyword will give out all those rows which contain the search-for-string. But I want exact match.
View 4 Replies View RelatedOk, i have a search query as follows
SELECT Table1.*, Table1.[Winning Contractor]
FROM Table1
WHERE (((Table1.[Winning Contractor])=[Who was the winning bidder?]));
This works well except if the user doesn't captialize a letter or doesn't type in the full company name. Is there a way to change this search to a like search instead of an exact one?
I did export the table data into a tabbed delimited format and will include that at the end. If you want to reproduce my bug copy that data in a txt file and import that into the table tblMain. Make a search form and a sub form. the sub form is linked to the table and the main form is unbound with two search buttons.
Problem Statement:The code works fine. I did find a bug that seems to arise with the wild cards when the entire field values are entered. You can replicate the bug by testing the search criteria listed below.
This is a brief example of the bug. A detailed description is near the code below.
If my name is "Devtycoon" and I search "Dev" the SQL statement will build "*Dev*" and it will pull up my name, "Devtycoon". On the contrary if I search "Tycoon" the SQL statement will build "*tycoon*" and it will pull up my name, "Devtycoon". If i search "DevTycoon" the sql statement will build "*Devtycoon*" and no results will be returned. That is buggy because the name is in the database but no wildcards would be needed.
Table structure:
tblMain
ClientID
Surname [text]
Organization [text]
ProgramTitle [text]
City [text]
State[text]
Zip4 [text]
Telephone [text]
Form1 contains the controls for search criteria. Three text box controls are used to filter a sub form control called "DS". The sub form is called sFrmMain and is a datasheet that shows results of the search. there is a button that runs the code and another button that clears search criteria and shows all records. Both button's code set the sub form's record source using an SQL string built using a function that returns a segment of the overall search string using the contents of each control that then is concatenated into a SQL statement used to set the record source.
There is a function for the following components of the SQL statement
SELECT / FROM
WHERE
controlA = me.txtSurname
controlB = me.txtOrganization
controlC = me.txtProgramTitle
This is how you can replicate the bug.
I tested two additional surnames organizations and program titles as follows:
Try example (1). you will get both the 4's and the 14's records returned.
If you type in letter for letter of the second record (the one with the 14's) no records populate. It is like the wild card does not like it if you type in the entire field value. Uncle Gizmo's and Allen Brown's method do the same thing were no records populate if the 14's entire surname organization and program title are entered into the text controls. Can you reproduce this error? Other than that I think either method is bulletproof.
Example criteria
1) put the following criteria in each control then hit the search button
4 surname
4 organization
4 program title
[two records returned]
2) put the following criteria in each control then hit the search button
[no records returned]
14 surname 14
14 organization 14
14 program title 14
Code behind search form:
Code:
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Private Sub cmdShowallRecords_Click()
Dim strSQL0 As String
Me.txtOrganization = ""
Me.txtProgramTitle = ""
Me.txtSurName = ""
strSQL0 = fSQL_SelectFrom & fWhere & fSurName & fOrganization & fProgramTitle
Me.DS.Form.RecordSource = Left(strSQL0, Len(strSQL0) - 5) & ")"
[code]....
We're trying to create a database to read quotes from a system based on changes made to components.
We have the database set up to store the quotes happily. We're pleased with the input forms and data capture however we are struggling with a query to get useful data from the database.
I have a main quote data table listing all the required fields such as costs and supplier data for the quotes, a table storing components that may be changed as part of a quote and a table listing alterations that could be made to these components. Each quote could have a number of changes made to a number of components. All these changes are stored in a changes made table which lists the quoteID, ComponentID being changed and The AlterationID of the alteration being made.
I want to be able to input a varied amount of changes via a form and be shown a list of all quotes where at least one change matches. I've managed to get this far using a lot of OR statements however the complexity is introduced as we need to sort these by an extra column produced by the query displaying the percentage the changes made in the quote match the search input.
If a quote appears matches my changes and there are no other changes on the quote - (100%)
If a quote matches all changes I have input but I input 5 changes and the quote has 6 - (5/6 - 83%)
If I input 1 change and a quote matches but has 8 changes on the quote - (1/8 12.5%)
I am trying to add up a list of dates that match a criteria... a search box result.
I have tried DCount, and now I'm doing it through SQL, and no matter what combinations I try I still get an error - usually 3075 - Syntax error (missing operator)
But I can't find anything missing - I copy the SQL into a query view and it works perfectly... but it won't work on its own. And I've tried using DCount with the query as a query object, and I get the same error.
Code:
Dim ResultCount As Long
Dim DateSearch As Date
Dim MyDate As String
Dim MyDateAdd As Date
Dim varReturnValue As Variant
[Code] .....
I've used the >= And < option as it solves an issue with Date Time. What operator is missing!?
Hey all,
Tables
ProductsProductBrandSize
PurchaseDetailProductPriceQuantity
Forms
frmFoodSub
Combo BoxesiProductiBrand
TextboxsiSizeiQuantityiPrice
For a couple of days now I've been trying to devise a way to achieve what I want, but I just keep going in circles and hitting errors (thanks to forum members, I've been able to solve most of them.) So, here's what I want to be able to do:
Input a product using the iproduct combo box (which gets its list of values from the Products table); its brand, using the ibrand combo box; and its size using the isize textbox, all in the frmFoodSub form. I then want it to check to see if an exact record already exists (ie. the same product, same brand, same size.)
If it doesn't exist, I want to create it. If it does, I want to do nothing. Then I want the product - either the one I just created, or from a record that already exists matching the iProduct input - to be input into the product field of the PurchaseDetails table. I then want to use iQuantity and iPrice textboxs, already linked to the PurchaseDetails table, to input the newly added product's quantity and price.
I hope my explanation was clear enough. I'd appreciate any help with this you may be able to offer.
Database to query. It holds tables for the machines we have and the parts each machine requires. We also have a database of spare machines and the parts that are in them.
Given the nature of the machines, some parts aren't worth trying to pull out singularly, only as part of a set.
I've been asked to put together something queries which of our old parts/machines can be reused.
So I have a table of current machines and their parts and when they were last replaced.
I have a query that says 'Show me all the machines that have parts over 5 years old.' I get a list of machines and their parts
Can I then take that whole list of parts and search the table of spare machines any parts and find that exact list of parts?
I don't mind if the machine has more parts, but it must match that exact set of parts and that set of parts should be contained in one machine.
I've added an example that is a cut down version of what I have:
Basically say we might want to replace the parts in Current machine 10002.
I query CurrentMachines for which parts it has.I then want to use the results of that to query the spares. But I only want to return spares that has all three parts that machine 10002 has.
All I can make it do at the minute is find the spares with any one of the parts that match the 10002 list.
I don't seem to find any query formula in the forum where the age changes on the date of birth. I tried all the once I could find but all of them seem to calculate the age as of 1 January. I find it a bit strange that it doesn't work.
I got BirthDate and Date in the table I want to update the age column back in the history with an update query.
Code:
Int(DateDiff("yyyy",[BirthDate],[Date]))
Code:
Int(DateDiff("d", [BirthDate], DateSerial(DatePart("yyyy,[Date]), 1, 1))/365.25)
Code:
Int(DateDiff("yyyy",[Birthdate],[Date]))+Int(Format([Date],"mmdd")<Format([Birthdate],"mmdd"))
All the above change the age on January 1. It's not a train smash but weird.
I've a company database with everyone's software license but it doesn't have their employee ID number. I have another database with everyone's ID Number and I need to merge the two, How ever the problem is the names aren't exactly the same in both data bases. Some have small changes like
John, Sargent M :: John, Sargent M.
Samantha, Williams Anne :: Samantha, Williams A.
It's all the people with more than 2 names entered that his problem happens the most and I was wondering how to solve this in access?
I am working with the Access Treeview feature and I'd like to align the different elements in my nodes exactly below each other.
Therefore I need exact distances (if string is longer then XY, cut short, if shorter, extend to XY).
Of course I cannot work with len() and fill with spaces because letters have different widths.
Is there a way to determine the exact width of a string? e.g. in pixels?
I have a text box on my main form, that filters records on a subform, where its record source is a query.The text box works okay for filtering, however it is not doing something that I would like it to.Say we have these records
TM STEELS
TM Steels
If I was to type in STEELS, then only the top record would be displayed, likewise, if I typed in Steels, only the bottom would be displayed.What I would like, is if you were to type steels, for example, both of the records would be displayed.In the criteria of the field this is based on, in the query, I have:
Code:
Like "*" & [Forms]![MainWindow].[NameTxt] & "*"
As I say, this works for bringing in results that EXACTLY match the text entered in the text box.
Probably an easy one...I have two tables, each with a number field say "Cat-ID" and "Ref-ID". The query I am looking to write will show the outstanding values. For example
Cat-ID: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500
Ref-ID: 100, 200, 500
Query Result: 300, 400
Any ideas on how to do this? I'm stumped.
Hi,
I have two tables of software names.
A count is needed of those names that are in both tables, as follows :
Table1.software name Count1 Table2.software name Count2
matching on software name.
The problem is that names match only partially, for examle:
Table 1 :
Acrobat Writer 6.0 std
Table 2:
Adobe Acrobat standard edition 6.0
This is the same software, but how do I make Access recognize that?
can't enter every parameter manually using wildcards, because
1) tables are too large to ask for each name separately
2) Sofware names matches on different parts, not only a first or second word.
Does anyone know how to do that ?
thanks
hi
how can i make query that selects the first match of a criteria, or multiple criteria. lets say list of members first record in CA only then first record in OR only .... basically select first record from list of criteria.
I have a table with two fields:
Field1 Field2
S11.1 111001
S13 130001
S11 110001
S13.1 120001
I need to query to find where Field2's first three digits does not match the numbers in field1. Giving the sample: 120001 would be listed in the results because it does not match the numbers in S13.1 130001(2nd record) does because if there is no "."; it defaults to zero.
I don't know to set up the criteria or what to ask so it would give me the results needed.
Can anyone help please.
Thanks
I am exporting an Oracle report to excel, and using an Access macro to import into a table.
The records contain some duplicate info that I do want to capture, but I don't want to import the same records. (I import the file on one day, and someone comes in and imports the same file later).
This would work if I could get the table to not duplicate if three of the fields are the same as an existing record. I tried using the index, but it reconizes any/all of the fields that duplicate.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have converted an Old FileMaker Pro DB to Access.
There is a record for each of the 22,000 sheets of engineering project documents issued over a period of years.
One of the main fields we query by is the "Description" field.
If I have the following Criteria:
[Enter Document Description]
Then save and exucute the query Access seems to look for an exact match to the value I provide.
I need a query to return ANY record with the criteria value in it.
For example If I entered "Fire" I would like to return anything with "Fire" in the description:
B Building FIRE alarm Install
Building C FIRE sprinkler Demolition
A Building FIRE Exit Signage
Site FIRE Protection Main
etc.
How do I phrase a query to return records that contain the value I provide within the text string in the "Description" field?
I realize this is a dumb, rookie qiestion. I tried Access Help and
I tried a "search" in this Forum, I probably didn't do a good job describing my problem.
I am attaching a pic of my relationships page to show the table structure I am dealing with. What I need to do is match forecasted values with actuals based on the same date range, sales_num and unit.
The two tables that hold this data after downloading from our systems are
ForecastOE_T
ActualOE_T
The other tables are crossrefs for additional information and aggregation.
I have been able to query successfully each of these separately based on my desired date range, and successfully aggregate based on salesrep number and unit... but, I don't know how to properly write the query joining them.
Here are my issues:
Not all reps forecast all units.
Not all reps sell all units.
So, when I try to join these values (forecast and actual), the query I write gives me only those rep/unit combinations that BOTH a forecast was made and an actual appears (we don't get a download of zero activity). What I need is output that shows the rep/unit combination for all entries that have EITHER the forecast or the actual, with zeroes defaulted wherever appropriate. This has been done in excel in the past, but the file sizes are prohibitive now... and I'm trying to help out, but am stumped here.
ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
Tom
Hello,
My database has two tables:
Master and History
Both tables have a SSN field with the following format:
000-00-0000XX (xx stand for two additional characters)
I have a search form with a textbox that I use to type criteria to open a form. The text box has the following SSN input mask: 000-00-0000CC;0;_
This allows me to return data even if I have a part of the SSN
I have now placed a button which verifies if the SSN I will type in the textbox already exists in table History. I am having problems with the SSN format as I have to type the whole SSN while I would like to type part of it (like the textbox input mask).
If Not IsNull(DLookup("[SSN]", "History", "[SSN] = '" & Me![txtbox] & "'")) Then
DoCmd.OpenForm ("popupssnsearch")
Is there a way I can do this?
THanks.
I need help writing an SQL statement in Access 2007 to select the closest date/time. I have Spot Time (the date/time commercials ran) and Call Time (the date/time we received calls).
I need to match these two fields so that I can tell which calls came in within 5 minutes before the Spot Time and which came in 15 minutes after.
Between DateAdd("n",-5,[SpotTime]) AND DateAdd("n",15,[SpotTime])
This gives me results within that 20 minute time range, but does not match each call up to the closest time.
For example,
SpotTime--------------- CallTime
6/30/2007 10:45 AM 6/30/2007 10:55 AM
6/30/2007 10:50 AM 6/30/2007 10:55 AM
6/30/2007 10:55 AM 6/30/2007 10:55 AM
In this example I would need the three Call Times to correspond with the 10:55 AM spot because the Call Time occurs very close to the Spot Time. I am unclear how to proceed.