I have an MS Access database. It contains tables linked to tables on SQL Server. Therefore MS Access is really only acting as a front end to the SQL Server database.
I converted the MS Access database to a .mde file.
I noticed over the past few days that the .mde file is growing in size. I don't understand why this is the case. The data is being stored in SQL Server and the database only contains links to the tables so I wouldn't have expected the size of the .mde file to change.
Does anyone know why the .mde file is growing? Is there anyway I can stop this of growing?
Hi, i am new to access. Anyone know why my .mdb file size Growing. Even when i delete the data from table and done with the compact and repair. i am doing my first small project with one table and 10 querys and 5 repots. each time i edit the query or report the file the size goes on increasing. i have not more then 100 records in my database. i only edit my records when ever i edit my records .mdb file size grows so any one could help me to make it constant. plz help
I have a strange issue. First off I have a front end in Access 2000 as a MDE file linked to a mdb data file.
Issue number 1: The MDE file almost doubles in size daily. Yes, the mde file not mdb (it grows slowly and expectedly as data is added and deleted) . I expected the MDE file to stay a static size. Is this normal, what causes this?
Issue number 2: I had on 3 occasions a query in the mde file suddenly pop up with a ”cannot repeat table name ‘Nameoftable’ in FROM clause”. I go into the mde file, SQL query view and delete the extra table name and all is fine for awhile. After the second time I did away with that quey and rewrote the query for my form a different way. It’s come back once again now for anther table. Has anyone heard of Access doing this?
I also note that the modified date of the file keeps changing. I am wondering if someone is tampering. My client that has this software is very naďve.
The MS site has no information regarding either behaviour.
I have a problems which seems simple, but it's made me doubt everything I have learned about this; I suddenly find myself unable to grasp what I belive is a very small and easy solution, but I cannot!! (Either that or I have stumbled upon a real conseptual problem without realising it :) )
This is what I had working nicely
Supplier supplyer_ID : ID and PK of a supplyer more boring attributes
Ingredient ingredient_ID: ID and PK of ingredient Name Supplyer_ID: FK to who the supplyer is
Recipe Recipe_ID: PK and ID Recipe_unit_weight: How big each unit should be other stuff
When making a recipe it is obvious that there can be many ingredients and that an ingredient can be used in many recipes, thus it's a many-many. I therefore created a junction table:
Recipe_Ingredients Recipe_Ingredient_ID: PK (I was not completely sure if this one would come in handy, but it has not so far caused any problems (that I can see) Recipe_ID: FK to which recipe it is for ingredient_ID: FK to which ingredient Receipe_ingredient_amount: How much of the ingredient Receipe_Ingredient_order: In which order to put into recipe
I had a nice form where the Recipe was the parent and the subform contained the ingredients. The subform was driven by a query that had the columns from the Recipe_Ingredient table plus the name of the supplier as well as the version of the recipe (as there might be many). Using a combo to get the name of the Ingredient and binding on the Ingredient_ID I didn't need to also bring in the name of the Ingedient in the query.
Now enter problem: For professional people this lacks one thing; Being able to use another Recipe as an ingredient. After a lot of thinking the solution I envisioned was;
Add a column in the Recipe to flag that is a base recipe (true/false). Then adding a new column to the Recipe_Ingredient table, namely Base_ID, which is the Recipe_ID for which recipe to use. As there is already a Recipe_ID referring to which the ingredient belongs, I needed a different name. Additionally I had to change the relationships in the subform query to be left-joins (always include all columns in the Recipe_Ingredient and join in whatever you can find in the other two.
This works for diplay purposes (when I hand edit the join table). The problems I get is when adding a new recipe as ingredient in the subform;
When adding a base (recipe) at the point of saving the record my Recipe table validation kicks in saying you need to have Recipe_unit_weight > 0!!! I am not planning on adding any recipes here. This does however not always happen, as another error also kicks in: Microsoft Jet database engine cannot find a record in the table 'Supplier' with the key matching field(s) ''. As it's a recipe there is no supplier and I'm assuming it is trying to find a supplier.
If I strip away the extra columns from the query powering the subquey (like supplier and base (recipe) version) it works like a charm. In effect it means that the query only consists of the junction table.
It seems that having a two-way junction table with left-join with both "parents" is causing problems. Am I doing something fundamentally wrong here or is it Access that don't get the picture (and how do I tell it).
Okay,This will probably sound confusing, but I'm going to try my best to hone down the issue.First:There is an imported DBF table that I have to perform calculations on, primarily of the string variety, but also with a few type conversions (such as: String "06" = CDate("1/1/" & "06") -> into a Date/Time field)Okay, given that, I was doing many things all at once, but found by doing it in several stages allowed me the ability to: Narrow down the actual amount of items in the DBF that I will import Speed up some of the calculation in the TransferSo I have two tables:tbl_OriginalTape_ID: Text(10) - {Primary}Title: Text(50) - {Primary}Title_Rem: Text(50)Category: Text(3)TitleLen: NumberActionQuery on Tbl_Original: INSERT INTO tbl_Original (tape_id, title, title_rem, category, TitleLen) SELECT qry_dbf.tape_id, qry_dbf.title, qry_dbf.title_rem, qry_dbf.category, Len(RTrim([qry_dbr.title])) as TitleLen) FROM qry_dbf;tbl_CalcTitlesTapeID: Text(10)MovieTitle: Text(100)AltTitle: Text(100)Remarks: Text(50)Paren: Text(20)Bracket: Text(30)Orig_Id: Text(10)OrigTitle: Text(50)Now to take the data populated into tbl_Original, there are many rules that I have to follow. Example: if Original.Title = {text}>>{text} the the left of the double ">" signs, is the MovieTitle, to the Right is the Alt Title. If in the MovieTitle there is a (*) {parenthetical} the parenthetical is removed and the text insde the () is instered into Paren. Similar rules apply for Bracket, just with [] square brackets instead of Parentheses (). Also, if the Trimmed Title Length from the Original insert =40 (the maximum for the DBF field, AND the Original Category field = "SEE" then the title_rem field is appended to the AltTitle field of tbl_CalcTitles, and the the tbl_CalcTitles.Remarks field is set to "" (emtpy string), otherwise the title_rem field is populated into tbl_CalcTitles.Remarks. Also for attempted relationships for later use, I directly transfer the tbl_Original.title and tape_id fields to the Orig_Id and OrigTitle fields of tbl_CalcTitles.Yes, This is very annoying, and i've spent some time writing all the little funcitons to do exactly this, and be accurate every time I run my action query. (It is pointless to post here, since it involves way too much vb back end code to post it all.)qry_dbf: 33099 recordstbl_Original: 33098 recordstbl_CalcTitles: 33098 recordsNow, given this setup, we know that in my insert into tbl_Original, 33098 records of qry_dbf were unique in the paired tape_id and title fields. So now I want to link qry_DBF to the tbl_CalcTitles, so that I get exactly 33098 records from qry_dbf that match up witht he Orig_id and OrigTitle in tbl_CalcTitles. Yet, no matter what i do, I do not get this result. My last attempt was a LEFT JOIN from tbl_Original to qry_DBF and I got 33138 records returns. How did grow extra records. if I ONLY have 33098 in tbl_Original, and 33099 in qry_dbf, where are the 40 extra coming from?So I tried to link tbl_CalcFields to qry_dbf on an INNER join on the same fields, and now, this is purely mind-boggling:Each Time I alter the number of fields DISPLAYED from qry_dbf, the total number of records return alters. Example:tbl_CalcTitles.TapeID, tbl_CalcTitles.MovieTitle, qry_dbf.Title: 33092 recordstbl_CalcTitles.TapeID, tbl_CalcTitles.MovieTitle, qry_dbf.Title, qry_dbf.category, qry_dbf.format: 33072 recordsNow this is completely beyond what one would expect. I already know that there are 33098 unique records in qry_dbf, on the pairing of fields, Tape_ID and Title, of with all 33098 records are contained within tbl_CalcTitles with the EXACT replica of those two fields. so If I am doing an Inner Joing of tbl_CalcTitles and qry_Dbf on those two fields which produced 33098 unique records, why would altering the number of DISPLAYED fields affect that outcome. Why am I not getting all 33098 records from qry_dbf that are contained in tbl_calcFields?Thanks a lot, this has been extermely nerve-wracking.Jaeden "Sifo Dyas" al'Raec RuinerPS - qry_DBF is SQL source defined as:SELECT tap001.*FROM tap001 IN 'tap001.dbf'[ODBC;DSN=Visual FoxPro Database;SourceType=DBF;SourceDB=D:Quarterly]ORDER BY tap001.tape_id, tap001.title;
Hello Everyone, Why does my database grow so large during the development stage? After compacting the database it is 64 megs, but only after a small number of changes it grows to 500 plus and more if I don’t re-compact it.
I have a DB that that is growing slowly. To keep it simple I have 2 tables and one form. One of the tables is a “ASSET_lookup” table. The other table (ASSETS) is the real meat and potatoes. I have a form for the assets table that will populate specific fields that are looked up based on a single combo box linked to a query from the assets_lookup table. Everything worked fine until I needed to add some additional items to the asset_lookup table.
The new “records” I added to the lookup table will not show up in the combo box after it updates (a selection is made). I did some experimenting and if I recreate after adding the new records to look up table, the combo box will show the value, but I am curious what I am missing.
I have seven (sub) reports put on to a large report. How can I get the reports to shrink or grow according to how much info they have in them. I have tried Detail - Can Shrink, Can grow - but this doesn't seem to work. At the moment I have them all lined up but they are all overlapping each other.
I have a report with several forms, these are all graphs.
In order to fit them all on one report, I need them to be able to grow.
This works fine in Report View, they grow as expected, however when exporting to PDF, printing or print preview, they do not grow. I set them all to Yes for Can Grow and it displays correctly in Report View.
So here's my problem. I'm trying to update a listbox in excel with values that are being pushed in a table in access. The problem is that there are repeated values in the column in access, but I only want to show each value once, regardless of how many times it appears in the table. I would give a code sample but I'm having trouble getting started...
I have a report, and the "reason" field is one that can grow as needed. The following string is in the field: "MISSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, MISSING SERVICE LOGS FOR DATE OF SERVICE". I bolded MISSING, where the space hits the border. My standard setting for the border style is Transparent, and the space is causing the growing to not work properly. TransparentBorder.pdf shows the incorrect growing. When I change the border style to Solid, the growing works correctly, as shown in the SolidBorder.pdf file.why the growing is not working properly with the Transparent border, but does work correctly with the Solid border?
I recently upgraded a DB from 2003 to 2013 and ran into the following problem.
I have a button that opens a file dialog box and allows the user to upload a file to a predetermined location (and store the address as a hyperlink). I borrowed this code from someone else on here and modified it slightly.
In any case, the button still works, but now when it opens it doesn't have an option for "All files" under file types. So I can upload MS Office files, text files, etc., but not PDF files which are by far the most common types my users upload.
Private Sub Command35_Click() Dim dd As Integer Dim fileDump As FileDialog Set fileDump = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen) dd = fileDump.Show Dim Yourroute As String Dim yourrouteName Yourroute = fileDump.SelectedItems(1) yourrouteName = StrReverse(Yourroute) yourrouteName = StrReverse(Mid(yourrouteName, 1, InStr(yourrouteName, "") - 1)) FileCopy Yourroute, "us170fp00dataWBO_Tool_RoomDrawings" & yourrouteName Me.Drawing_Link = yourrouteName & " # us170fp00dataWBO_Tool_RoomDrawings" & yourrouteName End Sub
I often create contract using mail merge. I have an access file that I want to use as data source for word file. But it does not automatically.
Please download the attached file !
If there are 1 customer and 1 property, I do not need to do anything. Conversely, if there are many customers and many properties, I take time to manipulate.
Firstly, I open the word file. I have to copy and paste paragraphs that I want. Highlight of the original paragraphs is blue.
Secondly, I click 'Insert Word Field' -> select 'Next Record'.
In short, I wish to use VBA in access file to automatically perform the steps that I have outlined.
I've got the forms and queries in one .accdb file and my tables in a separate .accdb file. The forms file links to the tables in the tables file. The tables file resides in a folder called simply enough C:acc_tables and thats where i browsed to (obviously) when i set up the linkage.
One of the users does not wish (for whatever goddamn reason) to create a C:acc_tables file to stick the tables file in , and wants the tables file in some other folder.. Unfortunately this user does not have the skills to delete the existing links and re-link to the tables file after putting it in the folder he wants.
Where in the file that holds the forms and and queries do i find the path setting to the tables linked file? Can it be changed without deleting links and then re-linking?
I would like to automate something presently done on a one-by-one basis. Here: a number of text files(containing data) are to be exported into an MS Excel file, with each text file to occupy a different worksheet. Presently, the idea is to use the Data/import external data/import data feature of MS Excel for importing the text files one-by-one into newly created worksheets(within the same workbook).
I would appreciate some advice on how to go about creating a useful MS Access application to achieve the above. I have checked the available Macros in MS Access, but I could not find one to suit my purpose. can anyone pls assist, on how I can get started?
Question: Is it possible, using VBA, to determine the actual Excel file type without opening the file?
I receive data files from other departments. Seems like every time someone changes their download structure, I end up with file types that do not match the download extension (example: xlm file with a xls extension). The files can't even be opened because of this. I think I can fix it if I could figure out how to determine what the file type really is.
i had a database that allowed me from a form to store a file location for a record on a form, so i any time i could access the record, and then open the file, usually a pdf, it wasnt stored as a hyperlink, but as long text
i made the mistake of not copying the files for safe keeping when i got a permanent position..i am now back self employed, i need to recreate the database.
I recently upgraded a DB from 2003 to 2013 and ran into the following problem.
I have a button that opens a file dialog box and allows the user to upload a file to a predetermined location (and store the address as a hyperlink). I borrowed this code from someone else on here and modified it slightly.
In any case, the button still works, but now when it opens it doesn't have an option for "All files" under file types. So I can upload MS Office files, text files, etc., but not PDF files which are by far the most common types my users upload.
Here's my code and a screenshot is attached.
Private Sub Command35_Click() Dim dd As Integer Dim fileDump As FileDialog Set fileDump = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen) dd = fileDump.Show
I am using the following code to select files using Microsoft Office's file dialog:
Public Function fTestFilePicker() As String Dim fdFileSelection As Office.FileDialog, lstrFileName As String Const kInitialFile = "F:TestbedTest.txt" Set fdFileSelection = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker) With fdFileSelection .AllowMultiSelect = False
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When I execute it, the file picker goes to the right folder but does not highlight the file test.txt even though that file name shows in the File name text box. Is there any way to correct this?
hello everyone, i really need some detailed help as the deadline is approaching and I need to find a solution for this. Any help would be greatly appreciated
I currently have a batch file that ftps a text file from a Red Hat Linux Server to my W2k C:. I would like to make another command in the batch file that imports this text file into an existing access table. I would like the text file to repopulate the table everytime it is imported. I do not want the data added on to the existing data in the table.
I'm using Access 2000. When I click the File menu to go to a recently used file, the entire path is shown. With my file system, the File drop down widow is about 50 characters too short to show the entire path all the way out to where I keep my database. Is there a way to shut off the viewing the entire path "feature?"
I have a button in the form of the current access file. What I want to do is when the user click on the button, triggered the vba to backup current access file. But since the file is currently open, is this possible? If yes, may I know how to do it with vba?
I have tried two methods but failed: 1) Use copytofile method, but I get permission denied due to file open; 2) Use dbengine.compactdatabase method, but it also has problem if the file is open.
