I have a backend-database on a network disk shared by 6 users. All users have a frontend client wich they use to administer the datebase. Everything in the frontend looks ok and they can query the latest data. However if I open up the backend database tables nothing has been updated since the middle of december. If i make a copy of the backend I can open it up and create new posts with ID-numbers that has already been taken by the frontend.
Ofcourse I have doublechecked that the clients are connected to the right backend file (there's only on backend file in the directory).
I have created a form that I want to share with other people. They will never add or change any of the data - they will only use the form as an information source. I need to be able to access the database to add/change information.
I am trying to develop a multiuser database. I heard that in a multiuser setup the back end should be on the network and front end on the users machines. Could anyone please explain what is these back end front ends and how should I set it up.
And one more (silly) question... Do we really need MS Access to be installed in the users machines in order to do this?
I have a database split with a frontend (FE) and backend (BE). Both reside on our network. I give a copy of the FE to all users. The FE is linked to itself so if I make a change to the network copy the next time a user opens theirs it tells them to close down and it recopies itself. This works really good. The problem we're having is people going and making a shortcut to the networked FE. So WHENEVER they open their FE everyone gets a message saying to close and recopy. The database is about 10mb but for someone across with a slow intranet connection it can take a bit to download. I'm looking ways to prevent users from accessing the networked FE. Can you simply hide it?
Hi! I´ve just made a frontend backend solution with a db i Access2002. I made this because my users 5 persons have a booking system wich they use at tehe same time.
But the db locks all the time... I thougt we would get rid of that problem now.
Is there something I have to check?
I have some lookup tables, can this cause this kind of trouble?
A simple personal database created by me is to be deployed on a home network having two PCs. I did splitting to FE and BE. The BE shows only tables. I would like to have the guidance of experts in this forum for the following: 1. Whether BE to be copied first in the host PC? 2. FE to be copied in the other PC? 3. After copying the Access DB how to link FE and BE between the two PCs? 4. Whether data entry, edit, search etc. possible from both the PCs? 5. If I test with dummy records, how do I delete dummy records, from BE or FE? Shall be grateful for help.
I am evaluating a program for the use of a customer. It's a VB frontend attached to an Access database.
The backend has no relationships. No table in the backend even has a primary key.
My question: Is this scenario acceptable in any way?
I tend to think not, but am unsure whether the design of the frontend application establishes relationships "on the fly". Even if so, the fact that there are no primary keys makes me think I should dismiss this application out of hand.
At work i have a newtwork of computers each with a frontend of my database on it and 1 computer with the backend on it, once there's about 8-10 computers using it, it wont let anymore in it saying something like unable to open, exculsively opened etc. How to i get round this?
I am very good at excel and can program macros. I am being asked to build something in access for my company, or at least manage a build. So here is my question... If we build it without both a front and back end, is it easier to take what you have and switch it to a front and back end? Also, when and why is it better?
If I would have a backend table with the data kept in tables and a frontend database with forms and reports and queries etc. and linked tables to the backend db, what would be the right way to secure both.
In my situation I have salary information in some of the tables, which should not be wide open to the holy world. I also need to restrict the access of some queries and forms in the frontend database to different users. That means I need to set up a secured frontend database with different usergroups having different object permissions. So in that frontend database the Users Group and the Admin User do not have any permissions any more. Thats why I created a shortcut where I kept the database and workgroup information in the target. Every user needs to open the database via the shortcut.
Unfortunately I was not able to secure both the backend and the frontend database, because the linked tables in the frontend db are only pointing to a database not to a shortcut. Because the backend database is secured as well (no permission to Admin and Users any more) it can't be opened directly - only by shortcut.
Am I right that there is obviously no possibility to have a secured backend and frontend db via the Jet database engine and Access?
I hope somebody can answer my questions. At least I know that I can't do anything else and I did not something wrong ;)
Wondering if anyone had tried this yet, and if so, encountered any problems. I have a few existing DB's in the office. Split with backend on server in mdb format. I am now using both 2003 and 2007... BUT.. Now that the runtime is out I would like to make my future updates in 2007. So the question is... Has anyone used a 2007 file format frontend with a 2000 to 2003 file format backend? I understand that the new field properties wouldn't be available in the mdb backend, but besides that, would they still link properly?Thanks
Hello all I have a "Read only" frontend and Backend as 2 different files on the LAN shared drive. i have around 50 users logging on to this to view information (No editing allowed by the user). I read on some of the previous forums that Multiuser frontend does not work that well. I want to know if this is true even if my users are in read only mode??? I have tried with 3 users and it works with out a hitch. i just want to be sure before i roll out this to the entire 50users. thanks soni
I created a database a few years ago and it has been working well. This database is split.
Recently I started to update the front end based on user feedback and I am adding some queries.
I am noticing that sometimes I try to create a new query and Access tells me that the tables that are involved in the query are not related. Sure enough if I check in the front end, the table relationships are not the same as those in the back end and while the table relationships I need exist in the back end, they do not in the front end.
While the relationships were initially created in the unsplit database, it is possible that I added some of them later during past development/updating processes when the database was already split. This is the only reason I can think of for them to be different.
When I add a relationship in the back end (new table or bug fix) do I also need to add it to the front end if the database is split? if not, why would they be different? What kind of issues can this create?
I was looking for a great way to link and relink BackEnd to FrontEnd and I sort of found it. Bob larson build a great extensive tool to autoupdate backend en master frontend. You can find his great post here: http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=111132&highlight=back+end
Here is my problem or wish is more appropriate.
I just want to relink the backend and if the backend isnt found I want to select it using the filedialog.
If I want to distribute a front end to connect with a MySQL back end ... do I need to set up the system DSN on each workstation that will be using the front end?
If I have an MS Access frontend that connects to an MS Access backend, is there a way to hide/permission block the pathway to the backend's folder but still allow access via the frontend db?
Right now I can't dedicate a server to a more "secure" form of DB or anything like that so I'm stuck with MS Access for now. I just don't want someone looking at, say, a link table path and then navigating to that folder and getting access to backend information.
I have a database that I have developed on my computer that works well. This database is split and has a number of pie charts and listboxes in a couple of different forms based on data from the back end. This data is basically showing statistics, such as number of customers, type of customers and % of customers with issues. The pie charts show up correctly on my computer.
When I copy the back end on a server and the front end on another computer and link them together then the pie charts do not show up (image 1). The listboxes, which use the same data show up just fine, but the pie chart area is simply a grey box. If I double-click on this box then I can see the chart in a sort of "edit mode?" (image 2) meaning the chart shows up on the screen with a small data sheet underneath. Oddly enough the data in this sheet can actually be edited! which I do not know what effects it may have on the actual data.
I've split the database and have a version table in the FE and a linked version table to the BE. On start up if the version numbers are different the user is asked to update the database. The problem I have is after the database FE is copied over (batfile) the Version numbers are still different because the Master FE is still showing different Versions. How did you get around this?
A client has had a database in operation for about a year. They requested some updates. I have been trying to figure out an easy way to update table structer with out having the client go into the backend and add a field or two.
I wrote an update program, that copies the table from their backend, and copied it to the updated table and tried to copy it back to thier backend, but since it is in a relationship, it won't let me.
I have to use MS Access as front end with ODBC connection to Oracle 9i
DB.
The application(forms) should be able to update, delete ,insert records into oracle tables(backend).
i have a main form,which has some unique id's and other info about the ids and the subform shows several matching id's for that unique id in main form. the user who uses this application should be able to 1) search for the unique id in the main form such that the subform displays all its matches 2) they should be able to select anyone match and say approve(there can only be one match), then that particular record should be updated in the table.IF I USE A CHECK BOX AND IF THEY CLICK ON ONE RECORD AS MATCH,HOW DO I TAKE THAT RECORD SAY THE ID , NAME ADDRESS AND ALL DETAILS AND UPDATE THE TABLE??? similarly when they select some other record i should give option of deleting other irrelevant matches in the backend table.
the main form and the subform uses the same table as source.updates are to another table, i should also have to put entry into audit table about which record was deleted and which one inserted..
How should i do this?? i am new to MS access .VBA, any help would be highly appreciated!
I have a small form that when people fill in it should update their details intomy database. However the page seems to be working fine and completes corerectly. But when i go to the table in the database it just enters a blank line fo reach field.
I have two laptop computers. Both have Access 2010 installed. Both computers are on the same Workgroup and each computer can access files on the other. Computers are connected with wireless connection. Computer 1 holds the backend data while computer 2 is used for data entry and connects to backend on computer 1.Both computers are used for data entry, and as I said, data is stored on computer 1 only.
Here's the problem. If I enter data on computers 1 and then open computer 2 I cannot access the data unless computer 1 exits and then reopens. If computer 1 does not exit and reopen I cannot access the data from computer 2. In addition, if I enter data in Computer 2 and save it then computer 1 can see the data and all is well. So, for everything to work I have to start the data entry in computer 2. If I start data entry with computer 1 then I have to go through the save and shutdown process.
I have tried requery and refresh, refreshpage, refreshrecord, etc, but with no success.
Im totally new at all this stuff, so any help is appreciated.
i have a database with one table that has many different attributes and almost 3000 records. this is all i have done, i have simply been loading in all of the data to the table, now that that is done i need to allow users to extract the data.
so, what is the best way to build a front end that allows the user to easily extract data from the database? ideally, i would like to have some sort of front end that would have a text input window where they could search for records matching attributes in the table that match or are close to the text they type in, with some additional options for honing down the search terms with dropdown menus, radio buttons, etc.
the problem is i really havent a clue on how to do that stuff. can anyone just give some general, beginner type steps for things i should be doing to create that "front end" i am visualizing. THANKS!
I have searched the forum and have found a lot of information however I am not sure just exactly what I am looking for.
Here is my situation.
It is a spilt DB.
I have a database with a form and a subform. The Primary Key in the form is unique to company A ie ID=CompanyA-1, CompanyA-2, and so on. There is a one to many relationship to the subform.
I have three of these databases in use, all identical execpt the Primary Keys. one is CompanyA, the others are CompanyB and CompanyC.
At the end of the month I want all companies, A,B,&C to send me their Backends so I can bring them all together into one database. The master database I want to bring all three backends into has the same Front End as the other three databases.
My question is what is the best way to bring all of the data together in one database so I can use the common front end to view it.
I am assuming that since the PK for each database is different they should all cometogether without much of a problem? If I can figure out how to merge them.
