I have been asked to recreate an existing database which was done in FileMaker into Access.
Rather than re-enter all the data which is in there, can I just import it into Access?
I tried exporting the FileMaker data into Lotus 123 format and then inporting it to Access that way. Filemaker has a bad habit of not exporting duplicate entries. I need this data as well.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have noticed this site contains a google add to filemaker pro.
Is filemaker pro any good. I am making a fairly complicated db, with upto 15 concurrent users. I am using SQL server as the BE.
Would filemaker pro be a viable alternative or is it just a easy way of making a simple database.
Ta
Hi, im an access user, but i keep hearing good things about filemaker pro. A friend of mine is useing it for a cutomercontact database, and hes really optimistic about it.
Has any got any experience with it. Which is better? Access or file maker? Why?
thanks for all the reply's :D
Just a quick (hopefully easy) question.
Does anyone know if it is possible to link to Filemaker Pro tables for Mac, into Access?
The Filemaker DB will hold the data, with Access displaying the forms, along with some additional tables.
Does anyone have any ideas?
hi,
i justs start experimenting with database applications and i think filemaker is a dam good one. i find it very easy to collaborate my MS Excel knowledge with in it.
my qustion is can I use formulas such as this below in access to automatically calculate a fields based on another fields.
If(shift start time>shift end time;(Int(2400/100)+((2400-Int(2400/100)*100)/60))-(Int(shift start time/100)+((shift start time-Int(shift start time/100)*100)/60));If(shift start time<shift end time;(Int(shift end time/100)+((shift end time-Int(shift end time/100)*100)/60))-(Int(shift start time/100)+((shift start time-Int(shift start time/100)*100)/60)); and so on
Hi all,
Sorry for such a Newbie question but....
I'm trying to find the equivalent of Filemaker's Lookup function within Access. To quote the Filemaker help page:
"A lookup copies data from another table into a field in the current table. After data is copied, it becomes part of the current table (and remains in the table from which it was copied). Data copied to the current table doesn't change automatically when the data in the other table changes.
To establish a connection between tables for a lookup, you create a relationship. Then you define a lookup to copy data from a field in the related table into a field in the current table."
The requirement for this is for an invoicing database where we need to copy a customer's invoice and shipping address into the invoice record so that, if the customer changes address, the old orders retain the actual address that was shipped to rather than be updated to whatever the customer's current address is. The same applies to many other things that fluctuate over time such as promotion discounts and list prices. When these change, looking back through old orders will give different prices than were actually invoiced. This must be a very common situation.
I've searched high and low on the web for an answer but so far have come up with nothing. A workaround might be to create the relationship then, when the customer ID (or product code etc) is changed, fire off a macro that copies the data from the related fields in the second table into the appropriate fields within the current table. If the Filemaker Lookup functionality is already present within Access it would be much neater to use that instead.
Any ideas?
Many thanks,
- Andy
I have the following piece of code for importing the .csv files from a selected folder and then renaming them into 'imported & filename' if succesful and 'failed & filename' if import failes for whatever reason (bad formating, etc.).
The problem is that the first time it encounters a 'bad' file after another, instead of going again to the Error handler, the command
Code:
DoCmd.TransferText acImportDelim, , "Activitate", filename, True
gives me the default MS Access error, namely 2391. I would like it to go the the Error_handler again ang follow the course of actions and rename the files into 'failed' and 'imported'.
Here's the code:
Sub ImportActivitate()
Dim strFile As String 'Filename's
Dim strFileList() As String ' File Array
Dim intFile As Integer 'Number of files
Dim filename As String, sFullName As String, sFilename As String
DoCmd.SetWarnings False
[code]....
Also, how can I make the routine stop cycling through the files after I renamed them all?
I want to make a database of diseases (need to learn them for school and would like a serchable database on my smart phone for future reference).
Unfortunately spent a lot of time making hundreds of pages of word tables before i realized a database would be better. See attached image or pdf. Is there a way to import the tables to Access?
I need to preserve the hierarchic info in the nested bullet point lists. E.g. under treatment i might have a point called Acute treatment, with sub-levels, Step 1, Step 2, etc. with their own sub-levels. I need to maintain this relational hierarchic info.
Hi all,
At the moment i am trying to produce a button which my users can click on to import some data from Excell to Access.
When i just go through it manually, ie file> import etc, the table fom Excel appears in access perfectly, but when i try using my button it brings up the following message:
Field 'F1' doesn't exist in the destination table 'Sheet2'.
The button runs off a macro. This is what i have for each option:
Action:TransferSpreadsheet
Transfer type: Import
Spreadsheet type:Microsoft Excel 3
Table name:Sheet2
File name:the file location
Has filed names:No
Range:
I would be grateful if anyone could help and let me know where i am going wrong.
Thankyou
Can someone give me a general guide to this
i have a file of invoices
each invoice has a header, and multiple lines
if you import using external file/import access just constructs tables of each individual xml tag, populated with the various values, not linked in any way
how do you get an invoice table, and invoice line table, etc, populated with appropriate data.
I guess this will be my last plea for help as to why an xml file will import the data into access 2003 (on my home PC) but not import the data, only the fields, on my work PC.
In both importings I'm indicating to indicate data and structure. Could it be the difference between versions? Perhaps a restriction at the end of my work environment?
Help....
Hello Friends,
Please I need a help to import data from a table in another database exist on another computer via Internet.
Thank you
Hello,
I am not sure if this topic has been coverd in access-programmers forum but I'll ask any way.
I have thousands of records stored in excel (1NF). I have a access db to improve the need to have so many records duplicated.
Is their a way, via an action query (if so what one - update, append, cross tab etc) or another method to import the records and put them into related table.
For example, the current 1NF record columns are as follows >
typeOrgcntPrecntForcntIntcntSurjobTitIdcntPMCcntLandcntMobilecntFaxcntEmailcntBCcntAcccntConfcntLescntTBcntTRcntBanqcntMisccntNotesChaseorgNameorgAddrorgAddr2orgCityorgCountyorgPoCodeorgLandlineorgFaxorgEmailorgURLclientOfappVenueappD8appTypescrNameorgNotes
In my DB i have seperated the above into many table.
Here is a list of new tables with colums >
Table Contact -
cntID orgID cntPre cntFor cntIntcntSurjobTitIdcntPMCcntLandcntMobilecntFaxcntEmailcntBCcntAcccntConfcntLescntTBcntTRcntBanqcntMisccntNotes scrName
Table Organisation -
orgID typeOrg orgNameorgAddrorgAddr2orgCityorgCountyorgPoCodeorgLandlineorgFaxorgEmailorgURLclientOf orgNotes
Table Appointments -
AppID cntID appVenueappD8appType
Of course as organisation is the parent table, their is no problem doing a simple cut and paste, but i can work out how to put related records in a related table. Can you help?
Not sure where to post this question, so I put it in the general section,
I have an old db that i would like to import into a new be db of a newer version i wrote of this db. Is there any way something like an append query will add the records from one database to another?
or do i have to import then append then delete?
I have read several posts on this forum reference importing but all of them are from excel spreadsheets. Can this even be done??
Ricky
Hi,
I created my own menu bar in one MS Access file, let's say db1.mdb.
Can I import it to another database file (let's say db2.mdb)?
Thanks.
Hi
I have got a Microsoft Access Database table with a few hundered records, I have got a excel or csv file with the same table but its got changes, deleted records and new records added.
What I want to do is replace the info in the access table with the new data that I want to import in. But I don't want duplicates and I want it to add, delete, modify records.
I know in MySQL you can use a Replace Query that does what I want. But the database I am working on is Microsoft Access.
Is their a solution in MS Access that I can tell it to point to a Excel Spreadsheet, or csv file and replace existing records with the changes, delete and add.
Matthew
Hi.
I have a db, where the main table is linked via an ODBC connection to a SQL server db.
Want I would like to do is, either by code or a macro, import the information from the ODBC link , rather than "File", "Get External Data" etc etc.
This way, the code or macro would run everytime the db is closed, and the information is stored in the db as a table..... just as a backup
I have tried the various "Transfer Database" with macros, but nothing seems to work
I don't know whether this would have any bearing on the answer but I do not have write permisisons on the SQL server, and it does not have a primary key.......as far as I am aware.
Many Thanks.
Frank.
Hi,
I'm using Access 2000.
I use a feedback form on my website to receive my customer details by email.
Currently I print out the data and type it into my form.
I can alter my feedback form so the data in the email is seperated by comma's.
Is there anyway I could import the comma seperated values directly into my database rather than typing each one in by hand?
Or could anyone recommend a different method of transferring the data from the email please?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Many, many, many thanks!
I need to import a form to an access 2007 database (from another access
2007 database) but on the External Data menu group, under the Import section,
the Access option is greyed out (all other options are available).
I performed this same function yesterday and the Access option wasn't greyed
out.
I've also opened up yesterday's backup of the DB and the Access option is
greyed out in that too...
Any help would be appreciated.
I am having to import data from a txt file on a daily basis. The date format in one of the fields is:30-Sep-2004 09:40:57 PM EDT. I want this to be in a short date format. I don't care about the time at all. If I try to import the data with this field set to Date/Time (regardless of format) it simply deletes the data in that field and goes to the next. If I import it as a Text field, it brings the date in as above.
Once the data is imported to the table, I can change the property of the field to Date/Time --> Short Date and it does the conversion. Is there a way to do this conversion automagically? I can't quite get any of the queries to work.
TIA for the help.
Good Afternoon
I'm trying to import some data from an excel sheet to a table in my database. The import wizard won't allow me to import the data into an existing table, only into a new one which is a nuisance. The data formats are the same. Any idea's what might me wrong Please.
Thanks
VC
I have lots of CSV files that are per day and are as follows:
File 1:
Username Time
Bob 2
Joe 6
File 2:
Username Time
Joe 8
Sue 6
Essentially what I want to do is import each file into one table where if the username is not in the database it creates it, if its already in there a new column is created with the date. I dont mind creating multiple tables for each date and merging them.
So after those two files above were imported my table would look like this:
Username Time1 Time2
Bob 2 0
Joe 6 8
Sue 0 6
There are not many individual dates for that to be a problem, but there are over 5k different usernames in each file so I can't eyeball anything lol.
I am fairly new to access, but I am seasoned in MYSQL and Oracle. I've done some light searching on these forums and have not really come accross anything I need.
Thanks!
I've searched and searched but can seem to come up with an answer for my particular problem. I have a dbf table (well two actually but lets keep this simple) that are in a different location every day (folder name based on date). I came up with the following code but i get "Access can not find the database you requested. check file name". I've used this in the past with not problems (a simpler version anyway). Since I've used it in the past, I've changed computers, is there a setting problem I'm missing??
Here's the code:
Private Sub ImportInvpertDBF_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_ImportInvertDBF_Click
DoCmd.SetWarnings False
path = ahtCommonFileOpenSave
DoCmd.TransferDatabase acImport, "dBase 5.0", path, acTable, , "tmp_strInverts", False
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qryAppendInvertTbl", acViewNormal, acEdit
DoCmd.DeleteObject acTable, "tmp_strInverts"
DoCmd.SetWarnings True
MsgBox "Import Successful", vbInformation, "Import Table"
ImportInvertDBF_Click:
Exit Sub
Err_ImportInvertDBF_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume ImportInvertDBF_Click
End Sub
I have the module for Path=ahtCommonOpenSave working in other imports fine so I figure that's not my problem.
The dbf files are comming from a field collection crew daily and I just want them to have a one click option to find the dbf's and import them into the DB.
Any help?
Thanks Folks!
Eric
I'm importing data from a spreadsheet to a new table in access. After the import, there are 10 empty records added at the end of the table. I think this has happened before but I don't remember why. Any ideas? Thanks!:confused:
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I would appreciate if anyone has any ideas how this could be mastered
Hi,
I've been looking around for an answer to this one but haven't really found one.
I am importing data from an excel spreadsheet which is working fine but the primary key field i am not importing.
The last number was 1020 but when i imported the new data the next number is now 71765441 ?????
Where did that come from?
And can i prevent this or will it matter?
Many thanks in advance