Linking Data Within Tables
Jan 5, 2005
Hi everyone,
I have a quick question. And perhaps a strange setup. We have an excel spreadsheet set up with a bunch of data.
The powers that be would like me to set up a database utilizing the spreadsheet as the foundation of the database. However, they would still like to keep the spreadsheet as one of the primary ways to enter/edit data along with the database.
Therefore, I was wondering if there was anyway..that I can set up a link(?)
between the access database and the excel spreadsheet in such a way that if one is editted the other one would be editted accordingly.
I know this is a replication of data etc etc. But this is what I was asked to do. Im not sure if it can be done anyway.
I know I can link in the excel spreadsheet into the access database...but can I create a table..based on the linked information..and add more rows and column to it?
Let me know your thoughts!
Thanks I appreciate any help!
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Dec 3, 2012
I have 2 identical database in terms of structure but it differs in data.
Basically I would like to import data from subDatabase to mainDatabase and ensuring that there are no duplicate records.
I have used the "link to datasource method" through importing the tables to have the "updating" function.
However, this method also means that the records in mainDatabase are also imported over to subDatabase which I do not want.
Is there a method to ensure that the records are shared/update one way only? (i.e. import from subDatabase to mainDatabase and not main to sub?)
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Apr 15, 2014
I am doing a project where we are collecting home owner data and information on all the dogs in the household. The data for homeowner has an autonumber primary key because no field is unique or has been consistently collected. I am struggling to link the data for the dogs to the owners because an autonumber primary key will not work since not all homes have dogs. I need to have this set up so that people who are not tech savvy can look up each homeowner (or dog) and get the dog (or home owner) information. And to make things even more fun we need up to 15 potential dogs per household each of whom will have 18 different pieces of data collected.
It looks a little like this (and you can see my not matching ID issue):
Homeowner table
ID First Name Last Name...........Total Dogs
1 Max Maximus 5
2 Min Minimus 0
3 Mus Musculus 1
Dogs 1-5 table
ID Date Dog 1 Name Dog 2 Name .......Dog 5 Name
1 (Max's) 4/11/14 Bobby Billy Betty
2 (Mus's) 4/11/14 Jojo
Min will have no dog records at all, just home information.how to link the dog's to the homeowners .
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Sep 26, 2012
Currently trying to build a database for customer management and order placement/tracking. Want to set a couple of rules so that if I for instance click yes of billing and shipping address the same that the database will automatically fill the shipping address with the data I inputted for the billing address in the same table.
The other issue I can see I'll run into is, I want to be able to select one of the company ID's (made up of a three letter abbreviation of the full company name) in the product ordering table and it will automatically fill in the rest of the customer data (phone, email, address etc) data into that form.
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Jul 3, 2006
ok i have two tables.
the main table tblquery and the second tblreturns
i want the data from tbl query
return number
date received
date processed
to be the same in the tbl returns is this possible?
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Jun 28, 2005
Right guys heres problem.
I link to an excel spreadsheet. all the data is except where Ive had to format a "column" of cells as text. This is done because in the spreadsheet the initial user enters data as text, numeric or a mixture of both (hope thats clear).
My problem is the data that was originally numeric and now formatted to text comes out at #num! ( Yes ive posted similar before) However, when ive imported the same data in to a pre-made table to try a different way of achieving the final job the numeric data (now formated to text) comes out like ---- e.g. instad of 1000344 it comes out 100034+007
And now Ive absolutly NO idea what to try next. Its one Ive never seen before. If i go in to either the linked spreadsheet or the premade table and over type the errors with the correct data - no problem!
So it seems like a conversion issue
Any ideas at all - Id be so greatful if you have1
regards
gareth
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Dec 12, 2012
I have two tables that I'm struggling with how to relate to each other. One is tblHardware which contains all the items that we sell. There are no duplicates in this table. The only columns are a part #, description, long description, and cost.
Then I have another table with is tblPackages. These are the packages we sell which pull from tblHardware. This one just has an autonumber, description, and image (image I'll add later and not worried about now).
What I'm struggling with is how to tie these two together because one Package will contain multiple items from Hardware however there are multiple Packages that have the same Hardware items (17" monitor for example).
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Sep 28, 2012
I recently imported an excel file into access. Let's say it contained data for both domestic and international customers. With different things needed from each type of customer, once in Access, it became needed and easier to create separate tables- one for international and one for domestic. However, each customer needs their own unique id - and I need a way to link or relate the tables in a manner that it will not allow duplicate customer numbers between the two tables.
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May 27, 2013
I am a girl guide leader trying to make a faster way to keep track of my unit's completed badge and program work. I have made tables for every area I need (I started with one table but it was too large to change into a form).
In total I have:
- Basic Member table (main information like their name and how many years they have been in, whether they are still in the unit, etc)
- Program area tables
- Interest badge tables
What I want to do is be able to "add/edit" members from the main form, then go to all the sub forms for their program and badge work -- problem is, how to link them!
I am using Access 2007-2010.
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Mar 18, 2013
I have been asked to design a database to replace our old excel sheet to log one of our customers server builds. It a four noded system and i require a seperate log for each node serial models of parts etc, qa checks.
I intitial started by just using one table but forgot the limit was 255 rows, i need about 600 - 700. So my plan is now to transfer to indivial table for each node. Then, a general table named Main for all my other details.
Although this seems simple, i now have the annoying task of being able to link them all together and produce a single PDF file to send to our customer whilst only entering our system serial number once to produce this.
My basic understanding will be to create a System Serial Number field in each table a link it via relationships, but if i produce a report with everything i need would it input my details for all four nodes? If so how would i set this up?
I will be splitting the database once completed and then making a ACCDE file for my techs to use.
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May 23, 2013
I have two tables called Hardware and Desk. They both have two fields called ChangeID and Priority.
What I would like to do is set it so that if we change the Priority in a record existing/created in 'Hardware', the Priority of the related record in 'Desk', also changes.
How can I achieve this?
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May 19, 2005
Question for someone..... I was looking at the "LinkTables" in Access..... I see that I can link one database to another..... When I do this I can add the table to my relationship window... I have not played with this too much.. But looks interesting. Now, all the info I might add to this linked table is stored in the other database??? If this linked table is also linked to other tables in the other DB can I use those in queries? Not much covered (that I can find) in the Access help files on this sort of thing.
Thanks
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Jun 26, 2006
I am looking to lonk tables in a database.
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Jun 29, 2007
I have a table with job info like: job #, job name, job addy.
I would like my end query to look like this: job #, job name, job notes.
I want the query to list all jobs, job names, and job notes for a particular week(we have a weekly meeting on the status of our jobs), so if I were to query the jobs for 6/26, i would get: job #, job name, and job notes for that date as fields in my query.
I am not sure how to accomplish this. Should I make a seperate table that contains job notes? If so, how would I accomplish this and create a relationship between the job info table and the job notes table?
Thanks in advance!
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May 16, 2005
:confused: How can I link a table to one specific item in another table in order to avoid repeating information? (ex: school name that would be narrowed down to its different departments)
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Oct 4, 2005
Excuse me for sounding extremely dumb, but I have a question that is really bugging me. I have created a database using two tables. The two tables are called User and Assets. In both tables I have set the primary key to be the field Username. I have also linked these two fields.
I have created a form that is my interface for the database and can add and delete from the table (User). I now want to insert a sub form into my form, that displays the contents of my second table (Assets) and reference's the field Username. Hopefully this will enable me to display my table (User) in the Form, whilst only displaying the relevent data in the subform (Assets) for the particular user.
I'm sorry if this sounds confusing, but I would really appreciate your help ...
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Apr 9, 2006
Dear all,
I have a question which I think is probably very straight foward for those who know about these things. I have just created a new database, but there are obviously some problems with the design, because when I enter information into a form, I don't seem to be able to access the information through queries or reports.
I have 11 tables, and one single form (I created the tables, and then used the wizard to create the form). The main table is called 'Client Information,' and the key in that table is the CaseNumber. They key in every other table is called something along the lines of 'ClientDetailID,' 'IncidentDetailID,' etc. When I look at the relationships between the tables, the 'ID' field in each table is linked to the 'CaseNumber' field in the Client Information table. However, I don't have any fields actually duplicated between the tables. Do I need to do this? (ie, should I have the 'CaseNumber' field appear in each table, and then the 'ID' field from every other table appear in the 'ClientInformation' table?)
thanks so much, this is probably a really simple problem but I don't think I really understand the whole relationships and linking tables thing.
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Jun 20, 2006
Hi,
I have tables in MS Access and the same tables in SQL Server.
I want to link the appropriate tables up so that when i update the table in MS Access, it will automatically update the table in SQL Server. I want to do this using an ODBC link.
Anyone with any suggestions of how to go about this?
Thanks
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Jun 21, 2006
Hi I need some help linking some tables...
Does anyone knoe how i would go about taking several years of contact information and compine it all into one table
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Nov 23, 2006
Greetings,
I was wondering if you could advice.
I have 5 or 6 questionnaires and each of these is linked together by a person Identifier number. How can I do it so that all the questionnaires recognise that these tables are all linked by the same number.
Secondly, if I wanted to say, do a search on a particular number, is there a way to do that if i say, searched for that number in a query, i'd get all 5 questionnaires come up rather than have to do a search for each table (ie. one search brings all the results from all the tables up or at least a link to them
What would be great is if you could do it so that you could do a search on say, all who were a nationality and it brings you up all the results for all the different questionnaires.
Please advise,
thank you
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Feb 1, 2007
Hi,
I have a 'main' database named(A), and I have 2 tables that I have linked from two other databases(B and C). NOTE: I kept all this 3 databases(A,B,C) in one folder named 'Joe' on my workstation.
Here is the issue, every so often when I open my 'main' database, and I need to query the tables in B or C(which I have already linked to in my main database), I get an error message saying something like "path to c:...B is not found." To fix this issue, I have to use the "Linked Tables Manager" tool to relink all the tables again. As you can this, this is causing me a lot of unnecessary wasted time. What will i have to do to have these tables linked permantely so that I don't have to relink everything?
Thank you.
Joe
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Apr 29, 2008
I have four tables, the main one is like so:
table Person:
PersonID
Firstname
Address
Type ["Host", "Organizer", "Sponsor"]
the other 3 are like this:
table: Hosts
HostID
PersonID
table Organizers:
OrganizerID
PersonID
table Sponsors:
SponsorID
PersonID
Cash
Description
Each person can only be either a Host, Sponsor, or Organizer.
I have established the proper relationships in Access, but my problem is if i make a form to create Hosts say, it will create a person of type host, but it will not make an entry into the Hosts table linking the person's id. I presume this is because it doesn't know that the type field specifys which subclass the person is.
My question is how to get around this problem, can I somehow tell it that type indicates what other table to use, or can I manually insert them? (Since I have an individual form for each subclass)
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Jan 14, 2005
I have these two small databases for work and they need to have tables linked. My problem is simple. When I have one of the DB's open I click FILE--> Get External Data --> Link Tables... then I double click the other database... all I get is a list of the tables in THIS (not the other) database!... the same thing happens if I want to IMPORT... it wont list the tables/Queries/Forms etc in the selected database on from the current database.
What's going on??
Help! Thanks so much guys
~Nick.
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Feb 7, 2005
Two tables, Contacts and Jobs
Contacts fields, Contact number, Company Name, Last Name.
Jobs fields, Job number, Contact Number, Company Name, Last Name.
There are other fields, but they are not involved at this stage.
What I am trying to do is. On the Jobs table, select the Contact Number from the Contacts table and get the Company Name and Last Name automatically field in.
Anyone got any ideas?
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Mar 22, 2006
Hi all
Can anyone tell me how to turn this code around, the code unlinks the tables on my db but i can't figure out how to reattach them.
Code:Private Sub cmdRemoveLinks_Click()On Error GoTo Err_handler DoCmd.Hourglass (True) Dim TableName As String Dim db As New ADODB.Connection Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset Set db = CurrentProject.Connection Dim dbs As Database Set dbs = CurrentDb() s = "quryUtlListingOfAllLinkedTables" Set rs = New ADODB.Recordsetrs.Open s, db, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly'add to the tableWith rs Do While Not .EOF TableName = .Fields("Name") dbs.Execute "DROP TABLE [" & TableName & "];" .MoveNext LoopEnd Withdbs.CloseSet rs = NothingSet db = NothingEnd Sub
Thanks in advance
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May 3, 2005
In our company, passwords expire every 90 days (NO EXCEPTIONS) for DB2. This means that all my linked tables can't be accessed. There are many other users using the DB's and when I have to reset my password, I get locked out a lot because I can't seem to re-link the tables fast enough. It also seems that "refreshing" the tables from the Linked Table Manager doesn't work very well.
Is there an easier way??????
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