I would like to be able to replicate the unique ID typed on form1 to all subsequent forms without having type it in. Is there a way to do this automatically?
Any help gratefully accepted...JimT
Hi,
I have a database that I have successfully replicated. It includes forms, queries and tables. Synchronizing works and all is good, but.....from what I keep reading on this forum, this is not the proper way to do it. It sounds like what I should be doing is splitting my database before replicating, and then just replicating the back-end.
When I do this, I find that when using the forms, etc. in the front end, I am unable to synchronize to the back end. I don't even have the option to do it through the menu options.
How do I make the front end recognize that the backend is replicated??
I have a command button opening a separate form from my main form page. After I enter in data in the main form, hit the command button and enter data in the second form. When I close this form I get the error message "you can't add or change a record because a related record is required in table "master table'.
In my master table I have a primary key called "ID" set to autonumber. I believe the problem is this field should be replicated to the secondary table but it's not.
How can I fix this?
I am trying to copy/replicate an Access 2007 database. My objective is to have a new copy of the database, without any records in it.
Can't find anything in the Access help about this -- what I find in my old Access 97 does not apply.
Thanks
Hi there
I have some a little programing in microsoft access vb and so I am here asking for advice.
I need to copy a data value from one field down the list of null entries till it reaches the next value and then use that an so on in a loop.
E.G
[Area Code]
199a
null
null
null
null
132f
null
null
null
Regards
Luke
This Access database is Web Compatible and is hosted on SharePoint. I have a form with a subform that display collections of records. As you can see in the attached image, the user selects a record from the combo box which filters the form/subform below. Each record will contain more than 1 item.
What I want to do is mimic a "Split Form". But, the last thing that is missing is being able to select an item from the subform (datasheet view) which displays several items in the record and have that item be displayed in the form. Currently, I have to use the record selector buttons at the bottom of the form to have the item I want displayed in full. But I want to be able to click the item in the subform and have it populate in the main form on this page.
Is there a way to replicate NETWORKDAYS formula in Excel to Ms Access?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to automate a data match I've been doing in Excel into Access.
Basically, I have 2 spreadsheets:
1. First has a "Start Date" for each user
2. Second spreadhsheet is a lookup table with 2 fields: Week Start Date and Week #. In other words, Dec 30 - Week 1, Jan 6 - Week 2, Jan 13-Week3, etc
For a given date in the first spreadsheet (e.g. Jan 10th), I am trying to figure out which week this falls into.
In Excel I use this formula where Column A stores the week start dates in the lookup table spreadhseet and Column B stores the Week#, with F4 being the "Start Date" in my first spreadsheet.
=INDEX('Enrollment Week'!$B$1:$B$53,MATCH(F4,'Enrollment Week'!$A$1:$A$53,1))
Is there a way to do this in Access?
So I have this field in a form/table called "CustomerID". This is to be an ID number for our customers that includes the first four letters of their last name (LastName field) followed by four digits.
This ID is created when a button is pressed in the form. After that, code needs to grab the first four letters of the last name (LastName field in the form and table) and then go to the Contacts table and see if there is already a CustomerID that starts with those four letters. If there is not, then the CustomerID will be those four letters followed by "0001". If there is, it needs to be those four letter followed by the next number sequence that still does not exist for those four letters.
For example:
First four letters of last name = zabo
Check to see if those four letters exist in CustomerID returns negative then
CustomerID assigned = zabo0001
Another example:
First four letters of last name = zabo
Check to see if those four letters exist in CustomerID returns zabo0001 and zabo002 then
CustomerID assigned = zabo0003
trying to get something working on a form. When creating a new client, due to privacy, we have to create a Unique ID for each one. The ID consists of their initials, the year, a serial number and the location. I have it mostly working except for the year. Let me show you what I have and the results, then what I would like the results to be.
In the control Source of the text box is:
=Left([FName],1) & "" & Left([LName],1) & "-" & [Forms]![frm_20_Enter_New_Client_Info_01]![NICN_Date] & "-" & [Forms]![frm_20_Enter_New_Client_Info_01]![NICN_Serial] & "-" & [Forms]![frm_20_Enter_New_Client_Info_01]![Combo1]
Form Input:
FName = John
LName = Smith
Date = 2014 (Using Date format and 'YYYY') and default Now()
Combo1 = NW
Results: JS-4/2/2014 9:32:51-18-NW
Desired Results: JS-2014-18-NW
So everything is working but I'm getting the entire and I just want the year.
What is considered the right approach to ensure a record entered in a form is unique. For example if i have a field:
Brands. Flavour
Walker. Ready salted
Smiths. Cheese and onion
Doritos. Ready salted
Walker. Ready salted
So what is the best way to ensure the third entry is fine as whilst ready salted already exists it doesnt exist for doritos but the fourth entry would pull up a msgbox refusing the entry as it is a repeat of entry one.
I've used this guide [URL] .... to only show unique values in a combo box. I can't get it to work, it just shows a load of blank values. If I run the expression builder part from the background, it works but it doesn't work in the combo box. Not sure what I can post to give more details?
View 13 Replies View RelatedI want to tweak an existing form that currently allows me to generate a report based on a name and date selected.
The issue now is that there are some records that have the same date and I want to be able to generate a report on them seperately.
i.e. Jane has 2 records for December 5 with unique ID's
Right now when I generate the report it goes by the date and so I have both records.
To open the report I have this right now:
DoCmd.OpenReport "SelectPSReport", acViewPreview, , "[PS_Agent]='" & Me.CboAgt & "' And [PS_dDate]=#" & Me.Cbodt.Column(1) & "#"
How do I now get the report to generate off the ID and not the date?
No sure if it matters, but my form is populated by choosing a name in a combo box then the date in another combo box. Its the date combo that finds the record for the form.
I am trying to create an automatic unique 'number' (actually text) in a form. Here is an example of the format...
1456.R1
1456 is the project number
R stands for revision
1 is the first revision
So, in this database there could be 1456.R2 etc. but there could also be other project numbers, say 2323.R1, 2323. Looking for expression I need to enter to have Access look up the last revision for a specific project and then add 1 to it?
I have built a database that is fed from tables provided from outside computer systems, so the architecture isn't exactly how I would design it.
I am trying to use a combo box on a form to quickly jump to a specific department. I have about 130 personnel that are assigned to 10 different departments. I have to use a subform to update the position info vs. the personal info.
The combo box works, but I can't get it to display each department once. It shows the department 130 times for each employee instead of 10 unique departments.
I have a large table with information about different cars, called "Car Metadata". In this, each car has a unique identifier ("Car Code"), the make ("Manufacturer Name") and the model ("Short Model").
What I want to do is create a form with dropdown menus.I have a first combo box with all the makes in the Metadata table.
What I am having trouble with is that I want a second combo box underneath which would only show the models which correspond to the make selected in the first box.E.g. someone could select Ford in the top box and the second box would only show Fiesta, Focus etc.
Once it has done that I want it to be able to write the Car Codes for the records which match up to the make & model selected to a new table. Just to complicate things further, there can be multiple records with the same make and model but different Codes, I want all these multiple codes to be written to the final table.
Is there any way to force a field value to be unique and of a set length, but with exceptions?
Let me explain... I have a text field in my table called "employee_number" and this value is always one of the following:
NULL
an 8-digit number
the word "External"
What I want to do is to force that field to either be NULL, the word "External", or a unique 8-digit number.
Is this possible? Obviously I can't set the source field in SQL to accept unique values only but I wondered if there was any way around it at form level?
Need to generate a unique reference number each record wise while data entering by a form. How to do this by using a command button ? After entering all fields related to the record, when click on the command button, unique reference number for that record need to be generated and save with all other data of the records. in a later event, need to recall the record by using this reference number and also need to make relation ship with some other table by using the reference number.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a task of managing hardware assets like desktop, monitor, HDD, routers etc. Each item is marked with a unique ID.
These items could be transferred from one city to another city; so need to track that too.
1. There will be two tables
One (say AssetDetail) will have the following fields
RecordID
City
AssetID
Description of the asset (desktop/monitor etc)
ProductSerialNumber of the asset
Second (say AssetTransfer) will have the additional fields
NewCity
AssetTransferredDate
2. I only want to open a single form :
a) where on the basis of either AssetID or the ProductSerialNumber, I could open a particular record and edit it.
i) if the asset is transferred from city A to city B; then the "City" field value in AssetDetail table should change to "city B"(New City field value).
ii) At the same time, each asset transfer record should get appended to the AssetTransfer table even if the table has an existing record with the same AssetID or ProductSerialNumber.
3. Also need an option to make a new entry to the AssetDetail table from the above mentioned single form.
I tried and failed to get this to work using a multiselect listbox..I have a list of departments in tblFunctionalArea...My main table is tblStatic..I want to be able to for each record select multiple departments affected by a record and store them in the tblStatic.After looking around i couldn't find many people successfully maanging to store listbox values in a table...
I decided to create 5 fields in tblStatic and in my form create multiple combo boxes cboFunctionalArea1, cboFunctionalArea2 etc etc which are bound to these fields.I want to be able to ensure the list for any combo box requeries and takes out any selection in the other boxes.
I have this working in a strict cascade fashion i.e. in cbo1 all dept's visible, in cbo2 it takes off whatever was selected in cbo1 etc. But if someone then jumps back and deletes the content of cbo3 then the whole thing breaks or if they amend in the wrong order it breaks
I have been working on a simple data base for some time now (beginner level) and am still trying to improve it. I would like to do something but before that I would like to have your opinion to know if it is even possible?I have a query QryMainReport:
Start Date/Time
End Date/Time
Employee
At the moment this is what the format of my report looks like (I removed other unnecessary fields):
StartTime----------EndTime---------------Employee
12/06/2014 01:00--12/06/2014 03:00------John Smith
12/06/2014 04:00--12/06/2014 06:00------Jane Doe
13/06/2014 02:00--13/06/2014 05:00------John Smith
13/06/2014 08:00--13/06/2014 08:00------Jane Doe
I would like to do as a report. (Dates would always be from Sunday to Saturday). I am not sure it is possible to do that. I suppose first it would mean:I would have to do a query to separate the times from the dates?I would have to find a way for Access to find the unique dates and unique names?Does it mean I have to use cross tab queries?
I am just about to start a new DB, but there are a few things I need to sort before i start.
I am working with a quotation system etc which will require the use of unique IDs...
eg 000123 then 000124 etc, this bit is not a problem.
The thing I would like to know how to do is when someone makes an order, I would like the quotation number to be changed slightly to add more detail.
For eg, If the quotation number that is allocated is 00123 and they then order a Conservatory, I would need to have this 00123 become 00123CNS, but this can be in a seperate field, Which I would need anyway.
The question is, How Would I go about this.
I have a table that describrives the product, TBL_PRODUCTS; ID, Product_Type, Product_ABBR
Product_Type = for e.g Conservatory
Product_ABBR = for e.g CNS
I would need the ref number and product abbr combined to create an order number.
[note] There will be a check box to say of ordered ot not, so I assume there will be an If statement somewhere?
I've been on other forums with this problem but no one can solve my problem.
I've created a database with 3 tables that are linked:
- tbl_customer
- tbl_rates
- tbl_destination
They have the following fields:
tbl_customer
- cust_id
- customer_code
- first_name
- last_name
- company
tbl_rates
- rates_id
- cust_id
- rates_id
- currency
- pre_rate
- cur_rate
- fut_rate
- comment
- eff_from
tbl_destination
- dest_id
- destination
- destination_code
What I've done is created a form based on the tbl_customer table and used tbl_rates as a sub form. tbl_destination is used to populate a combo box that is situated in the sub form.
Each customer has their own rate sheet. Each rate sheet has different destinations and rates. Rates for the same destination are constantly changing. I need to use this spreadsheet to record the history of every change made to the rates of a particular destination. To do this I've just added the same destination with a new rate.
Now, what I want to do is to create a query that will only show the latest entry of a particular entry.
Eg. tbl_rate
Rate_id - Dest_id - currency - pre_rate - cur_rate - comment - eff_from
1 - 1 - £ - 0.01 - 0.03 - increase - 19 Sept 05
2 - 2 - £ - 0.12 - 0.14 - increase - 19 Sept 05
3 - 1 - £ - 0.03 - 0.02 - decrease - 23 Sept 05
I would want the query to show me the following from the above table:
Rate_id - Dest_id - currency - pre_rate - cur_rate - comment - eff_from
2 - 2 - £ - 0.12 - 0.14 - increase - 19 Sept 05
3 - 1 - £ - 0.03 - 0.02 - decrease - 23 Sept 05
Basically, the query should only show the latest entry which involves Dest_id '1' because there were two entries with the same id.
I've been given advice about this issue but none that actually work.
I would be grateful for any help on this matter.
So I've read a good 100 postings or so so far on the subject of how generating a unique identifier through any other means than an autonumber can be dangerous. But I can't resist the opportunity to simply ask if there is a way to make this possible, if only through a calculated field...
In my single user database, I have an employment table with an autonumber [EmploymentID] field as its primary key. The employment table exists in a one-to-many relationship with it's child, the income table where each form of income is recorded as it is recieved so that one form of employment (or employer) can produce many unique forms of income (like weekly paycheques).
I would like to be able to generate an identifier for the income table that is a combination of the parent [EmploymentID] field and an increasing number to produce something that looks like this:
1006789-001 -|
1006789-002 -|--> Same EmploymentID
1006789-003 -|
1006790-001 ----> New EmploymentID with a reset numeric
Any ideas?
~Chad
Hello Everyone,
I've data already entered (access/tables) on two different computers, however for the clientid on one computer has a hypen (-) and on another - because of something they couldn't get the hypen to work - so they used the slash (/) my Q is: 1) can I search and convert these to one, 2) is it wise the have / or - in the id?
I am very new to db programing so please forgive for such a simple program.
Here is the deal. I have a db for about 500 students.
I would like the table [Students] to create a unique ID "number" for each student. I would like the number to be based on information from the same table. For example if the student's name is John Doe and his number is 555-1212 then I would like to the id to be JD1212. I plan on using more than name and phone number but this was just to show you, what i am trying to get done.
I can do this using a form and a calculated control, but I can't get the table and form to kiss and make up. I was also told you can't save data from a calculated control in a form to a table and it is gernerally not a good idea, so I was told.
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Pastor Nick.