Generating Serial Numbers
Jan 16, 2007
I've searched through the forum looking for what i want to do with no luck so hopefully one of you kind people could help.
I'm setting up a DB that logs in a batch of parts to which i generate a batch no.
As the batch progressess through the works when a problem arises we generate fault records (I've set up another table for this and linked the batch no fields together). I want to put a serial no. on this form consisting of 'year' 'batch No.' and ?'Auto number'? From reading posts is it best to put the 3 items in seperate fields (less hassle)
My 2 questions are
1, how do i extract just the year from a date field?
2, This is the main problem. The auto number. If i use auto number to generate a unique number to log the record the number will be massive in no time at all. This is fine as the unique identifier for the record in a table but not for the serial number of the printed report. Idealy I want to have the batch number then a serial number that resets to 1 on a different batch No. For example
21098/1
21098/2 Batch No./serial No.
21098/3
22309/1
22309/2
22309/3
Just some more info this database is a multi user database split front and rear.
I hope i've explained this well enough, many thanks for your help in advance
cheers
EQ
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Mar 1, 2007
I want a field to be a serial number made up of a letter of the alphabet followed by 3 digits. I want the digits to increase by 1 in each of the following record. For Example the serial number in the first record would be A001, then followed by A002, A003, ....., A142, A143, A144 & so on. I am fairly new at Access but I have experimented with AutoNumber, it won't work if the Field is not a pure mumber, can't get autonumbering to happen if I treat the field as text. I don't know where to go from here.
Any help is much appreciated.
Rob Shakesbeer
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Nov 28, 2005
Hi,
I have a table that uses SerialNo as primary key. From time to time (its a long story...) I need to go in and update the SerialNo by adding x to it. Here's the problem: lets say the table has SerialNo's 1,2,3,4,5, and I try to add 1. I get 4 KV error's because of course, 2,3,4,5 already exist in the table. (So I would end up with 1,2,3,4,6 instead of 2,3,4,5,6.)
I really thought that Access should be smart enough to figure out that there really won't be any key violations after the updates are done, but I guess not.
So, what's the easiest way to deal with this?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Sep 7, 2013
I would like to produce a serial which will have 4 members.The first, the second and the fourth members will be always CAPITAL Letters and the thirth one is always NUMBER.Here is an example for the format: AC3H
Each member will change in any line and never match... I would like to produce it by a button or a button for each one.The last important point for this issue is; I would llike to identfy the total number of serials.
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Nov 21, 2013
I have a table that has a field for SerialNumberStart and QtyRequired, from those two I have a calculated field for the SerialNumberEnd.
I want to print a report from this table that if for example I have StartSerialNumber 34 and SerialNumberEnd 40 prints one report for each serial number.
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May 5, 2005
hi,
I have a table that has results from races, eg.
Race No, Racer ID, Time taken.
i want to have a position field that will say which position the runner finished in. This is complecated as there are many different races.
At the moment the best thing ive been able to do is set up a query with a parameter on the race no. then the time taken is put in order and i have to manually put in the positions.
Manual is bad!
does any one have any idea about how i could make this automatic.
Thanx,
MAtt
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Dec 12, 2006
Anyone have have any suggestions on how to create personlised job numbers instead of relying on auto numbers?
At the moment I have to freetype them in when creating a record & I would like to work out how to automatically generate them.
maybe something like
1030:101
1030:102
1030:103
1030:104......and so on.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated
thanks. :)
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Apr 26, 2007
Hi Guys,
In my table design view I've set my primary key to auto number and the 'New Values' to random. The problem is, sometimes the numbers generated are too long or negitive. Is there any way I can specify the limit of the numbers to be generated and keep them positive numbers?
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Feb 3, 2007
I'm building a database for my folks's volkswagen car show (www.texasvwclassic.com) if anyones interested ;)
So I've got a Registrations table and a Classes table. Each person that registers for the show is an entry in the Registrations table, and a field in that table is Class, with a relationship to the Classes table. That is all set up and working fine, but I want to add an EntryNumber field generated at time of checkin, so some VB function I can call when the checkbox is clicked in the form, or a query based off the value of the checkedIn field. I want the EntryNumber field to contain a number like 0503 (CCNN) where CC is the class number (class #5) and NN is a counter of how many people have checked in so far in that class (so 0503 would be the 3rd person to check in for class #5). I can get the class number fine, and I can prolly figure out how to stick em together into another field, but im not sure how to generate the NN part.
In the classes table, each class has a sub-table listing all the registrations that have entered that class. I need like an autonumber field in each of those subtables, but I dont understand how to add something like that.
I hope this makes sense, as always any help is appreciated. =)
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Jun 7, 2012
How to generate random project numbers that reset automatically every month? I want to generate project numbers that look like this:
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I already have a number of projects with similarly generated projects from an existing database. Can I import these projects without changing their project number?
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Hi
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Apr 18, 2007
I have the following code for the text field (Before Update)
If IsNull(Me![DyNo]) Then
Me![DyNo] = Format(Nz(DMax("[DyNo]", "[tblAllDet]", "[TheYear]='" & Year(Date) & "'"), 0) + 1, "00000")
End If
Me![DyNo] = Format([DyNo], "00000")
The code starts giving numbers from 00001, 00002, 00003 and so on. The problem was that when I have to search, I have to type the zeros before the number i.e. 00007, 00008 etc. otherwise the search form doesn’t show the relevant record. Ideally, I would like the numbering system to be 1, 2, 3, etc. (without the zeros). I tried changing the code to “0” but with the single “0”, I am unable to insert records beyond No.10. Is there a way to change this code so that I get only 1, 2, 3 etc and not with preceding zeros ? Grateful for help.
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Sep 3, 2007
Hi, I have been trying to make a datbase so I can input the serial number of an electronic device (cell phone boards) , and also would like to be able to add additional info about the device. Most importantly I have to be able to "search" for the device by typing the serial number in a search box.
So lets say I have serial number 11111, 11112, 11113, 11114 listed in the database as "intermittent power failures", before I use the device I can type the serial number in the database and be able to recall the details. So if I type in 11119 and no hits come back, I know that one is not in the system yet; meaning it ethere does not have a problem, or the problem has not been discovered yet. If I type in 111111 for example, it would come back as a hit, saying it has an "intermittent power failure" problem. I have spent about 4 hours messing with access, I used it a while back in office 03, however I have never did anything like that, and to make things further complicated we now only have office 07. Does anyone have a template which is similar (I can modify the values) or know how to assist me to be able to create a database like this?
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Feb 7, 2006
I'm in the process of streamlining the process to maintain our various access reports and queries.
My company's accounting software stores all record dates in Gregorian Serial format (don't ask me why). Currently for our reports we have a local hard-coded table that is manually updated periodically with dates in MM/DD/YYYY format and the coresponding Gregorian serial date number. To go from date to serial is a fairly straightforward access function of:
(Datediff('d','1/1/2000',[Date to convert])+730120)
For example if [Date to convert] was 2/7/2006 the output would be 732349. That's all well and good, however I am in need of a query I can build that will on the fly generate a list from say 1/1/1997 through 1 year after day being run just to be safe with two columns, one with date and one with the serial date equivelant so I can link to the accounting tables for date restrictions.
This way I just have to have the equation in one query instead of a hard coded table or do the calculation in every form or query that needs to look up these tables.
Unfortuantely I've been staring at accounting data (and am not an accountant) way too long and my brain is fried, suggestions?
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Aug 12, 2014
I'm having multiple problems with my database like things such as -
i'm currently working on the Query 2 - On the Phone database (ignore Query 1) and i want to search for multiple plot numbers preferably in one parameter prompt with a comma to seperate numbers. (this could be a multitude of numbers so i would like to be able to input as many as needed). Also when i do search on this query since the Criteria is a 'Between' Value i would expect everything between the 2 numbers input to show up - but a lot of numbers out of the range show up too - why is this? (The Numbers are like "69 to 136" and they will show up - but 1-69 and 136-170 would too
I would also like to implement the search results from Query 2 into the Form i currently have made but it just opens up a access table when the search is made?
i cannot link my database as it is too big for the server - But here are the Criteria for Query 2:
Plot No - (criteria = Between [Enter First Plot No:] And [Enter Last Plot No:])
Site - (criteria = Like "*" & [Enter Site:] & "*")
Product - (criteria = Like "*" & [Enter Product:] & "*"
The Query is the one im most concerned about , i can live without a form.
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Is this possible?
I have a Mitutoyo device that can be connected to a variety of Mitutoyo measuring instruments (in my case, it's a micrometer.) When triggered, the device obtains a measurement value from the instrument. One can view this value via serial communication in a program like HyperTerminal.
Is it possible to input these values directly, or indirectly, into Access?
Thanks ahead.
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Any Idea will be highly appreciated.
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Feb 28, 2008
Hope someone can help
I have a small test database which I'm doing for our dispatch dept.
It contains: Order No. / Customer / Ship_Date / Serial numbers (multiple)
I'm looking for a way to create a search query that will search though all the records to find a particular serial number.
There fields in the table are:
Shipping_Date
Customer
Order_No
Pallet_ID
Serial_1
Serial_2
Serial_3
Serial_4
etc
I need it to come back with the order number and pallet that it was shipped on.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Paul
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Mar 26, 2013
Using MS Access 2010 I'm attempting to put together a simple database mainly tracking dates and availability. That said I'm just not smart enough to figure out why I cant get one date in a form to display as a serial date.
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Nov 20, 2013
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I am working on a database,
Structure of database tblaccounts: glcode,description.
tbltransaction: transaction ID, glcod, tranxtype, amount, trandate
Everything is going well, when i make a transc ,transcid generated
i,e 1,2,3,to 47,48,49,50 and so on. In this case there are minimum 50 transaction on daily bases,
Here i have an idea that daily after 11.59pm, I mean after changing date, when I make a transaction, transaction id or sequence no start from 1, and my last day data will also remain safe .
This is what I am trying to accomplish I need to be able to create a serial number which automatically resets every day so I may use it to easily know how many records were created per day, without running a report.
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I am working in ms access database form. I have a form with detail section. In detail section i would like to make sr.no field auto increase each time new quotation is created. Using AutoNumber didn't work because because it doesn't start the serial number from 1 for each new quotation.
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I am importing a table from a Clarion TPS database which stores several types of data in a "IDVAL" field. The field next to it, "LBLNUM" defines what the data type is. This creates a problem, as IDVAL is a text field, which means all data stored in it (no matter what the type) is then stored as text. This includes date fields. Since they are stored as text, they end up as 5 digit serial dates, similar to how excel handles dates (with each day after 1/1/1900 being +1).
So I have a union query which derives all the values stored in IDVAL for each unique record. My query which creates my export combines this data with several calculated fields to create my final export.
Everything looks great on this final export except for my date fields, which are all 5 digit numbers (like 77945).
I have been searching for a date function that will format this back to a standard date, however I have yet to find anything that works. Is there no way to format a 5 digit serial date back to a standard date within access by using a function? Every answer I find says to redefine the table to a date field, however I don't have this option since the field in question stores a lot more than just dates.
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