Looking For Access Expert
Dec 6, 2007Hello,
Does anyone know of a listing or a publication/website where I can place an ad for an expert to develop an Access database? We need someone to do this work for our organization.
Thanks.
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Not An Access Expert
Feb 17, 2008I am an inexperienced user, part of my job is to up date data files daily, have been doing so for 7 months. Problem arose when I accidentally deleted a link and required IT assistance trying to locate where it had gone--
that's when we discovered that I was not updating the company-wide server but a separate shortcut that a previous (and briefly employed individual had created).
Now IT and I tried a few tricks to combine or join the data I had entered (this could be history of up to 2000 assets), but have not figured out just how.
I have backed up my data on a thumb drive to prevent loss in case of my hard drive accidentally failing or crashing due to weather, now I need advice on how to put that data into the main Access data base--w/o having to do it all manually again.
Does anyone know how to do this?
I would greatly appreciate your help!
Need Expert Help In Access - Excel
Oct 19, 2005I have a situation. In completing our Annual Report for our Accrediting body for my school, it requires us to complete a 'Completion and Placement Chart'. This chart was provided to us in Excel. The problem was that we needed a system to automaticaly update this chart as the year progressed so we can visually see our completion and placement rates. With this, I created an Excel sheet with the Completion and Placement Charts and made it so it can be updated as I entered a students information in.
Although it does calculate the data properly, the process is extremely ugly. It is terrible in appearance, function, and by all means, far from user friendly (I understand it, but it takes some explaining to do for someone else). This Workbook that I created houses almost all the information I need with the exception of it being entirely unsafe and far from being secure and data entry is a nightmare.
So, this brought me to Access. I created a database for this purpose (first time using access as well). It works like a dream in storing all the data that I need and keeping it safe. I needed to have a 'Placement Tracking Document' for each student outlining the students information for the accrediting body. This was done wonderfuly in Access and could not be accomplished through Excel (that I know of). However, I NEED to have Access tally all the information in the 'Completion and Placement Charts' like the Excel Workbook does. I need to keep the exact format of the 'Completion and Placement Chart' because it is a standard form in Excel and I can not steer away from it.
How can I get my DB in Access to comunicate with the 'Completion and Placement Charts' and have it automatically tally like my workbook???
I have attached some screen shots of my database and the entire Excel Workbook (Its edited because of confidential data) so you can understand a little of the chaos.
I rarely used Excel and never used Access until now. It took me nine months to create what I have because I was learning as I went. The books that I purchased to help me out do not touch this subject nearly enough (Access Cookbook, Access for Dummies and VB & VBA in a nutshell).
My point is, any help or direction in where to get thorough information on how to acomplish this is more then welcome. Any comments on what I have as well is more then welcome (negative or positive).
Thank you thank you thank you thank you in advance!
Oh, and use the buttons in the Excel Workbook to navigate.
John D :confused:
SQL Expert Help Needed- Getting Complex Joins To Work In Access
Jun 28, 2006I am trying to execute the SQL below (tested in other programs, works fine) but access is giving me the "join expression not supported" error. How can this query be used in MS Access? I have tried breaking some of the joins clauses into separate queries, but I can't get it to work and it is making things much more complicated. Also note that moving the join conditions to the where clause could impact performance (this is a very large DB) Could I execute this via code somehow? Thanks.
SELECT lp.loan_id, lp.days_delinquent, lp.current_balance, pc.product_name
FROM mtgwl.loan_payment lp
inner join mtgwl.deal_loan_relation dlr on
lp.loan_id=dlr.loan_id
and lp.time_out='9999-12-31-23.59.59.0'
and lp.as_of_date='2006-04-30'
and dlr.time_out='9999-12-31-23.59.59.0'
and dlr.type='DEAL'
inner join mtgwl.deal_loan_relation pdr
on dlr.deal_id=pdr.loan_id
and pdr.time_out='9999-12-31-23.59.59.0'
and pdr.type='PRODUCT'
inner join mtgwl.product_control pc
on pc.product_id=pdr.deal_id
and pc.time_out='9999-12-31-23.59.59.0'
and pc.product_name='GSAMP 2003 AHL'
SQL Expert Help Needed- Getting Complex Joins To Work In Access
Jun 28, 2006I am trying to execute the SQL below (tested in other programs, works fine) but access is giving me the "join expression not supported" error. How can this query be used in MS Access? I have tried breaking some of the joins clauses into separate queries, but I can't get it to work and it is making things much more complicated. Also note that moving the join conditions to the where clause could impact performance (this is a very large DB) Could I execute this via code somehow? Thanks.
SELECT lp.loan_id, lp.days_delinquent, lp.current_balance, pc.product_name
FROM mtgwl.loan_payment lp
inner join mtgwl.deal_loan_relation dlr on
lp.loan_id=dlr.loan_id
and lp.time_out='9999-12-31-23.59.59.0'
and lp.as_of_date='2006-04-30'
and dlr.time_out='9999-12-31-23.59.59.0'
and dlr.type='DEAL'
inner join mtgwl.deal_loan_relation pdr
on dlr.deal_id=pdr.loan_id
and pdr.time_out='9999-12-31-23.59.59.0'
and pdr.type='PRODUCT'
inner join mtgwl.product_control pc
on pc.product_id=pdr.deal_id
and pc.time_out='9999-12-31-23.59.59.0'
and pc.product_name='GSAMP 2003 AHL'
Need Expert Opinions
Jan 9, 2008I work for a property management compnay and they have put me in charge of coming up with a way to go some what paperless. What they are wanting is a way to enter a work order for a particular client (i.e description of work to be done for maintenance). This would then need to be printed in a report to be faxed over to the workers. This info would then need to be pulled out and placed into an invoice where, where items could be entered such as items bought ets.
My company is willing to spend thousands for software, but I think it is insane. to do so.
I was thinking that surely this could be done in access. I have an understanding of how access works (forms, reports, tables, etc.) but I have never designed one like this.
It does not have to be complex and it does not have to have a lot of formulas, I was thinking that the total could be placed in field when the invoice info is entered. Only really calculation would be adding the total of the items.
Anyway is this something that can be done relatively easily by someone with my experience, or is this to complex.
Thank You for your time
Need Expert Advise On Normalization
Jun 19, 2005The question is whether or not to normalize the fields "Place of Birth/Place of Death" in my 100'000 records famous people data base. So far, 15'000 different birth places are deployed. Only 3'000 of them are used more then once, that is to say from 2 to a maximum of 1000 times (New York City). 12'000 birth places are therefor used only once up to now. So, a table of 15'000 places would need a 3-digit (all characters used) or even a 5-digit (numbers only used) identification. In the latter case the ident would often be longer than the returned value (Wien, Oslo, Rom, it's in german, you know). Furthermore, instead of just entering a birth place like "Novodny Chomarowsky" I had to search the table of places whether or not the entry has been used yet. Please supply strong pro-normalization-arguments.
View 14 Replies View RelatedSoliciting Expert Guidance
Jun 20, 2006Good Morning,
I am new to Access and I welcome expert guidance on the relationships of my database. The database will be used to track employee training and although I've enjoyed limited success so far I'm hoping that eventually I'll get it right.
The database has to do just a few things so it doesn't have to be very complicated. It basically has to store employee, training event, and completed training event information. The attachment shows the tables and their relationships.
The are basically two types of training that the database needs to store. The first is training that applies to everyone and the other is training that only applies to certain job specialties. These types of training are identified by the ProjectMandatoryCode and the JobCode respectively.
The ProjectMandatoryCode is a default value that is automatically entered everytime a new employee is entered into the database (EmployeeInfo table) and it is also a default value when a training event is entered into the (TrainingEventInfo table) that applies to everyone. The employee JobCode is a selection when a new employee is entered into the EmployeeInfo table.
When the user wants to enter a training event that is job specific, they are able to select a JobCode from a combo box/option group and this code is written to the record. Selecting one button from the option group writes a default value (ProjectMandatoryCode) to the TrainingEventInfo table while selecting the other button enables the combo box so that a specific JobCode can be entered against the event.
Everything works fine except... so far I've been unable to produce a report that lists every training event that pertains to the employee whether it be ProjectMandatoryCode or JobCode related. I can query and produce completed events or a list of what events are required but nothing that is complete. Ideally, I should be able to produce a complete training plan for the employee which shows all necessary events and where the employee has completed the task I should be able to show the DateCompleted.
This failure has led me to doubt my table relationships since all my efforts at various query joins have failed. Is there anyone who could enlighten me so that I could learn from this, complete this task, and apply this new knowledge to future databases? To the person with the answer, thank you in advance for your assistance. Respectfully,
Dale Gagnon
Need Expert Advice On My Current Database.
Nov 1, 2004please see post #4
View 3 Replies View RelatedSimple Order By Stmt Need Expert Answer
Mar 14, 2005I have a very simple SQL stmt
Select * from MyTbl order by MyID
The error: "Syntax error in ORDER BY clause"
If I remove the order by clause, it works. Now, I have been programming for 30 years and for the life of me, I cannot figure this one out. It is my first use of 'order by' on this ISP so I am assuming there is a server thing? Can anyone suggest to me what this might be? Thank you very much.
-Extremely Frustrated (Ken)
Some (expert) Advice Needed Please (linking Field With String In Other Field
Oct 3, 2005Hi,
I hope someone can help me, I have a database compiled from different sources which means that information in fields that need to be linked are written differently, meaning that I can't just simply make a relationship between them.
The two tables I would like to link are,
Table 1 has the fields OCCUPATION and AMOUNT and contains over 740,000 records.
Table 2 has the fields COMPANY_NAME and TICKER and has 500 records.
I need to find a way for all COMPANY_NAME fields in table 2 to be cross-referenced with the OCCUPATION field, so if COMPANY_NAME is part of the string in the OCCUPATION field then the TICKER (of that company) can be attached to the record in table 1 (specifically to AMOUNT).
The problem is that the OCCUPATION field is not written in a standard form and can include either only the occupation, only the company name, or both in either order.
I can make a seperate query for each company by using as criteria "like "*[COMPANY_NAME]*", but then I would have to do this 500 times!!! Is there a way to automate this?
The final purpose is to link the AMOUNT to TICKER so as to find the sum of all the amount associated with a company.
I really hope you can help, I have little programming knowledge and it will save me the time of making 500 seperate queries. The final use is for my thesis studying private contributions in the american elections.
Thanks in advance (I hope),
Onur
Can Office Access 2003 Runtime-Based Solutions Applies To Access 2007?
Jan 29, 2007Hello,
I have installed Microsoft Access 2003 and Microsoft Access 2003 Developer Extensions. I can create Access application by using the Package Wizard.
But after I upgrade from Microsoft Access 2003 to Microsoft Access 2007.
I can't use the Package Wizard.
How can I do to solve this?
Thanks.
Automated Access Launch Causing Access Window To Fail To Hide
Jul 10, 2006Hi,
I have been using "fSetAccessWindow (SW_HIDDEN)" in the open event of my
main switchboard to hide the grey Access screen from being visible behind
forms, reports, etc in this db. But when I started using a .vbs script file
to launch the db, the Access window stopped being hidden. (The reason I use
the script for launching is that it temporarily sets the db's security level
to 1 which stops the macro security warning from coming up.) Apparently MS
knows about this happening and released a technique to rectify the situation,
but I don't understand their instructions. It looks like they expect one to
have more understanding than I have. Could someone help me get this
impliemented? Here is the article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167659/en-us
Thanks!
How To Access Ms-Access WorkGroup Tables To Change Database Login Password
Apr 13, 2007Hi!
This is Kishore, working on VB Project which is using MS-Access95 as backend.
Now, i want to change the Database login Password.
Could anyone guide me in this context.
Regards,
Kishore
Using Access's User And Group Accounts Or Using A Login Form To Access Database?
Sep 9, 2005Using Access's User and Group Accounts or Using a Login Form to access database?
I've been researching on how to make a database secure. How to create User and Group Accounts on access, I see the step by step instructions and tried it out myself.
I also saw some sites where they give an example of a Login Form and how to create one.
My question is do you need to create both. First create the users and groups to permit or deny access to certain forms and then have a login form?
But would that mean that they'd have to login twice? Once when the database opens because it activates the db security that was created and then login again in the login form that was created?
Also when the user logins in and clicks on the cmd button on the form which opens up another from, frmWorkLog, I have an Employee field. This field I want it to have the user's name entered automatically and "locked". So that info, employee name, is extracted from the user's login. So then the user can only see his or her records only and no one elses.
How would I go about creating that. Hope I made my explanation clear.
Thanks in advance.
Locking User Access To Database Objects (MS Access 2000 And 2003)
Apr 15, 2007I have two database applications and they are:
- the (A) application is for administration use.
- the (B) application is for normal users use.
the idea is that: I made the (A) application for administrators who have full control over the database objects (tables, forms, queries, and so on ...).
the (B) application I have created for normal users who will have only to use forms to insert some data and display data only.
but the two applications has a respective table called "vacation request" table. where I linked them, so the both administrators and users can share the data.
The real question is that: How can I prevent the users from seeing the database objects in their application. I used the database options which have helped me in hidding the database objectives when the users open the application, but unfortunately they managed to access to the database objects by pressing the special keys.
I would like to have an access to the (B) application when I want to make some modifications to the forms and then lock it from users where they only have to use the forms for requesting vacations and view the vacations.
Remove Access Parameters Request For Simple Access Search Form
May 3, 2014I have a simple access search form , that's based on a query that fill parameters from the form textboxes, when the access form loads its keeps prompting for parameters value which looks ugly .. I want to open the form, displaying all the records in the table and filter when i click search ..
I have a data entry entry form, that i want to generate success message after successful insert in database. I have done it in the button event if no error happens, still if i left all fields blank and clicked save, it displays the message ..
I need to change that to display please fill the textboxes then click save , and display success message when the row is actually inserted ..
Check the following attachment for sample.
Forms :: Multi Select Listbox Access 2003 Code Gives Syntax Error In MS Access 2010
Oct 24, 2013I've been using the following code successfully in Access 2003 & now I need to migrate to Access 2010. The purpose of the code is to use the items that the user selects in the list box to build the criteria of a query. Access 2010 keeps giving me a syntax error when I try to run the query & I don't know why:
My code is:
On Error GoTo Err_Command151_Click
' Declare variables
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim qdf As DAO.QueryDef
Dim varItem As Variant
Dim strCriteria As String
Dim strSQL As String
[Code] .....
The syntax error I get in Access 2010 is:
Syntax Error in query expression 'SELECT * FROM
qryContractListSummarybyDateContract3TYPEBREAK WHERE
qryContractListSummarybyDateContract3TYPEBREAK.Rep ortableName IN('Adbri
Masonry NSW');'
Table Problems Moving From Access 2003 -> Access 2007
Jun 19, 2007Attached is a screenshot of the relationships in a database I built a couple of years ago. It's worked absolutely fine in Access 2003 and currently has over 18,000 customers with associated information in it.
However, when I open the database in Access 2007 the performance is awful. All the forms are very slow to respond when tabbing between form elements. I've experimented by reducing the number of form elements calling on related data on a given page and whilst this improves performance it reduces usability - something I don't want to compromise on especially since Access 2007 should be able to cope with this.
My next question is therefore whether I've got the most efficient underlying table design and I can't see any other way of doing it than my current method so I'd be grateful for any feedback or advice anyone has.
Importing Excel To Access Keeping Relationships In Access Tables
Sep 13, 2007I have a stock control database which i have nearly completed. This has Manufacturer, which is linked to products, which is linked to Sub Product(which also has field partCode). i.e. Manufacturer1 can have 3 products, and each of these products could have 5 subsystems and partcodes. Each partcode is unique to that subsystem/product/manufacturer.
I then have a pricing spreadsheet in excel, which has many tabs. A new column has been added for each item for Manufacturer,Product,Subsystem and Partcode.
I need to import these manufacturers,products,subsystems and partcodes, but into the tables with the correct relationships, i.e. product1 and product2 are products of manufacturer1 and so cannot come under manufacturer2, and so on.
I hope this makes sense, Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
Emily
Subform Referenceing Problem Between Access 2000 And Access 2003
Apr 19, 2005I am working on a massave aplication that has been running in Access 2000, but recently several of the file sharing users have installed Access 2003 because of the limited availability of Access 2000. All the users are using the same file off the server.
The problem we are having is that when we reference a subform in the "[Forms]![FormName]![SubformName]![FeildName]" Access 2003 does not recognize it and returns an error. I have found that if I will modify it to "[Forms]![FormName]![SubformName].[Form]![FeildName]" it is recognized in both 2000 and 2003.
To try and change every instance of a subform reference will take forever and I am garuteed to overlook something. We reference subforms all over our program, missing any one of them would be a disaster. Before I went to the tedious task of looking through everything I just wanted to throw the situation out there and see if any of you had any great ideas on how to get it fixed efficiently. I would apreciate any ideas.
General :: Only Open MS Access Form Without Access Running In Background?
Aug 7, 2013I have made a form on access which will be used by other employees within the company, however they have never used access before and they are wanting to access only just the form as I feel with Access and all the tools in the background will confuse them, plus I don't want them editing the data base its self.
Is there a way to only bring up the form, unless I obviously need to edit the date base.
I've done some research on Google and it seems I need to use:
SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE
However I can not seem to find how I would use this or where?
and also if i did find a way to only bring up the form, how would I be able to switch it from that veiw to the veiw I edit in?
Upgrade From Access 2000 To Access 2003 Problem
Jun 6, 2005I upgraded a 2000 db to 2003 recently. When I ran the function below it gave me an error on the line in green. Any thoughts? Thanks.
Const FIRSTROW = 13
Dim wsp As Workspace, dbv As DAO.Database, tblResolve As DAO.Recordset
Dim tblVchs As DAO.Recordset, tblImpTmp As DAO.Recordset
Dim ObjXLApp As New Excel.Application
Dim FileToOpen As String, WhereCriteria As String, ImportTemp As String, tmpVch As String
Dim TotalDupes As Integer, TotalGood As Integer, TotalRejects As Integer
Dim TotalBlank As Integer, R As Integer, C As Integer
Dim BadSheet As Boolean, ImpFail As Boolean
Dim tmp, tmpType, tmpCtr, tmpRsn
If Forms![Import Block Vouchers]![Import Program] = "0" Then
MsgBox ("You must select a Program to load.")
ObjXLApp.Quit 'Exit from MS Excel
Exit Function
End If
Problems When Using A DB Created In Access 2002 (XP) In Access 2003
Jun 17, 2005I have an Access DB that I created in Access XP. It works perfectly when used in Access XP. When used in an Access 2003 environment some of the functions don't work anymore. I have users who use Office XP and users who use Office 2003. Does anybody know how to make this DB work in Access 2003 without having to do wholesale code changes?
I have already changed the security to "Low" to bypass the security feature built in in Jet 4.0 but it didn't help. I might have to uninstall Windows XP SP2 to make it work because I know that the application works in an Office 2003 environment with Windows XP SP1 only. But I'm trying to avoid having to uninstall XP SP2 because it's a pain. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
My workstation environment is as follows:
OS: Windows XP SP2
Office: Office 2003 SP1
Jet: 4.0
Raneil
Access 2003 Buttons Not Working In Access 2000
Sep 14, 2005Hi,
I've created a database in access 2003 with the default file format being Access 2000. Everything works fine on my computer and many others, all of whom are running different versions of access (2000, 2002 & 2003).
I have not had any problems with this database until recently and in the last few weeks we have had 2 users, both of them being Access 2000 users who have had the same problem.
The problem they are having is that when they click on any of the switchboard items, the buttons depress an then come back up again when the cursor is moved away, but nothing else happens - no action, no error message - nothing!!! Its the same for all of the buttons on the switchboard.
Does anyone know what is causing this? I have another computer with Access 2000 on it and this works fine, as it does on several other computers runiing Access 2000, I just cannot understand why it is not working on these 2 particular machine.......
Many thanks in anticpation.
Steve
Access 2003 Saves DB In Access 2000 Format?
Sep 20, 2005I have recently installed access 2003 w/access 97 installed both are on my hard drive. When I create a new db in access 2003 it saves it in an access 2000 format. Does any one know why it does this?
Thanks--Appreciate any help