Im trying to work something out on Access at the moment to score some brownie points with my boss and am hoping someone will be able to help me. Im relatively confident about using access but when it comes to tricky queries i get a bit confused. Basically my situation is that i need to do some matching. Using a PO number and a unique ID and updating a column in one of my files with the unique ID. I have done it this way so far....
Linked the the two files together and matched them on the PO number and then updated the field with the ID where they matched. This seems to work ok, but the problem is that about 10 of the PO numbers contain between 2 to 6 different ID's. Therefor how can i make it so that if there is a PO number 6 times in the file it will match with all the ID's. I dont think that this is to hard to do, but each line has a different cost and they have to be matched to the write one. The problem with this is the cost is normally different as it flucuates with the exchange rate. I can only think that the best way to do this is to use a function that looks at the cost and if its say $20.00 more or less then assume its that. But have no idea how to implement it.
Does that make sense? Is it likely that its going to be easy to do. Im relatively ok with SQL if it would be easier to use that.
If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated...
Been working on this for a while now and can't get it to work how I'd like after trying a few things.
I have a form ("Production Form") from where users input start and end times for various processes against a particular product. Currently, I have (or had) a query (and linked report) "ProductionDurations" where durations for each of the processes were calculated for different product runs.
I have since tried to adapt this query to include reference values contained in another query ("ProductionDurationsPerBulkLitre", based on a "Products" table) for how long each process should take for each production, by multiplying by the volume processed. Here's what I have at the moment in the "ProductionDurations" query:
Quote:
SELECT DateDiff("n",[BlendlineCIPStartTime],[BlendlineCIPEndTime]) AS BlendlineCIPDuration, DateDiff("n",[FlavourMixStartTime],[FlavourMixEndTime]) AS FlavourMixDuration, DateDiff("n",[BlendlineStartTime],[BlendlineEndTime]) AS BlendlineDuration,
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Rather than returning what I require, the above bolded part is returning a calculated value for each production against each of the products. What I require is a calculated value for each production against the product that has been selected on the form.
I have two tables Table 1 and Table 2. Table 1 has 6 fields 175 records and Table 2 has 4 fields and 330 records. The first three fields in both the tables are the same. I need to find all records in the first table that have a matching record in the second table based on those first three fields. How can I accomplish this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a table that holds course information for students. I have a parameter query linked to this prompting the user to enter a course code thus displaying all students who have that course. However, I would like to do the opposite i.e prompt the user to enter a course code and then the result to be a list of students who do not have that course.
I have a form where a user reviews information input by another user, once they have done this they sign it off by selecting their name from a drop down list. On this form there is a scrolling message which tells the user how many un-signed entries there are. This works fine until there are 0 (zero) entries to be signed off.
The scrolling message is linked to a count query which basically counts any records that does not have a name entered in the required field. I have done this with ' Not Like "*" '
Like I say it works when there is one or more entries to count, but as soon as there are none the query does not output a zero it is just blank. This is the problem.
I need some sort of statement to say if there are no matching records please display a zero.
I have a database where there are 3 tables. table "d_cases", table "d_user" and table "d_status"
The table "d_cases" has the users and statuses only with a number. Peter has ID 2, John ID 1. There is status ID 1 that is New, ID 2 Started and so on.
How can I run a query that will show me the names and status instead of the numbers?
SELECT QrySiteAlloc.Site, QrySiteAlloc.AllocYr, QrySiteAlloc.SiteAllocation, Sum(QryReserveTotals.SumOfAddtlAllocationAmt) AS SumOfSumOfAddtlAllocationAmt FROM QrySiteAlloc LEFT JOIN QryReserveTotals ON QrySiteAlloc.Site = QryReserveTotals.Site GROUP BY QrySiteAlloc.Site, QrySiteAlloc.AllocYr, QrySiteAlloc.SiteAllocation;
In the QryReserveTotals is a datereceived field.
I need the year of the date received field to match the QrySiteAlloc.AllocYr that will be selected by a parameter..
When I run my query that has a MINDATE and MAXDATE column, i can see the full range of call dates. The earliest date is 06/04/2013 and the latest date is 06/19/2013.
When I run a report with text fields of MINDATE and MAXDATE off that query the range shows as 06/04/2013 to 06/04/2013...
What I am trying to accomplish is for the report to express the range of dates. the report asks the user to enter a beginning date and an ending date for their search and I want them to know the actual range. The data appears to be accurate but the dates don't work.
I am trying to create a query in Access 2010 for records that don't match based on the following criteria. I have two tables with identical ID's and I need to do a comparison on the amount field between both tables and only return the records from one table displaying all fields plus the amount fields that do not equal. I tried this in the wizard unsuccessfully.
I have 2 tables that must be involved in this query. Both have the same fields; one is a temporary table created from an Excel import which will be deleted later, the other is the permanent table.
tblStoreProducts is the permanent table. It has a 2-field Unique index; there can only be 1 of any ProductKey for a StoreKey (there can be multiple ProductKeys within a StoreKey, and multiple StoreKeys for each product, but there can only be 1 entry for each unique combination of ProductKey/StoreKey).
tblImportToStoreProducts is the temporary table. It holds all of the ProductKeys for one StoreKey.
My query needs to identify any ProductKey in the tblStoreProducts that does not exist in the tblImportToStoreProducts for that StoreKey, and then it must set the MaxUnits field to 0.
Basically, the temporary table is this years' inventory for a particular store. If a product was in that store last year but it isn't there this year, the quantity must be set to 0 because the ultimate aim is reporting hazardous materials.
Table: "Facility Info" Data in the table: "facility", "city", "date", etc. Query: "Q Facility" Report: "R Facility" Form: "Main Form" is where the data is entered that goes into the "Facility Info" table.
In the "Main Form" there is a dropdown box where I can select the "facility".I would like to add a button to this form that opens my report "R Facility". But this report is a collection of all the facilities and I would like it to just report the ones for the facility that I selected from the dropdown box on my "Main Form".
For those who are interested in Approximate String Matching or those who could use these algorithms; I have a complete suite of Approximate String Matching algorithms written in Visual Basic in an Access database.
In 2004 I decided to jump into the world of Fuzzy Matching with both feet.
As it is, I am working for a company that deals with names, addresses, etc. very intensely. It is a fair sized company that
uses Access on a grand scale. Since I am an Access programmer, I work in an Access gold mine!
I knew that if I could get a good handle on Fuzzy Matching, that when I hit the right person at the right time, the company could greatly benefit from my research on Fuzzy Matching. The right time and the right person are not here yet.
Nevertheless, since I have reaped much free source code and information from the Web, it is now time to return the favor.
I developed a package that is sort of a demo/tutorial on Approximate String Matching algorithms in Access that is very robust in Fuzzy Matching. It would overtax the post in this forum for me to include it in a post.
To summarize, it works with the basic name - Last, First, and Middle. It has a user interface that allows a user to type in what would be a good name and what would be a questionable name to resemble the good name. The weighted results of all the various algorithms can be chosen, or an individual algorithm can be chosen to display how closely the names match.
In addition, it has a table of 17,295 known good names with unique ID numbers as a reference table, and table of 1200 morphed names that are typical of names entered in a database with no input conventions. These morphed names have typos, transpositions, variations on maiden names, etc. 1200 good names were selected for alteration and the unique ID of each original good name was stored in the table with the altered names to determine the accuracy of the matching process.
The morphed names were compared to the known good names in a query with an approximate join using the suite of algorithms to determine match percentage. The altered names, the ID number of the original good name, the ID number of the name it matched to, and the match percentage were stored in a results table to determine the results of the matching run.
These tables were used to test and tweak the algorithms by comparing the morphed names with the known good names. The results of 1322 names were saved to a results table with match scores.
The matching process was executed in a query with an approximate join using the suite of algorithms.
The match results:
Total Approximate Matches: 1188 (Recall) Precision Pct: 99.00%
Total Unmatched Names: 12 Unmatched Pct: 1.00%
Total Other Matches: 134 Other Matches Pct: .77%
The tables are accessible in the database, so anyone can run their own tests. The interface is set up to accommodate this as well.
The algorithms used: Dice coefficient as a threshold algorithm, Levenshtein Distance algorithm, Longest Common Subsequence, and the DoubleMetaphone. The names were passed to the algorithms by way of the bigram model.
I will email it to anyone who requests it.
It is in two platforms, Office 97 and Office 2000 as FuzzyMatching97.zip (692 KB) and FuzzyMatching2k.zip (721 KB). The zip files include ApprxStrMatchingEngine97.pps or ApprxStrMatchingEngine2k.pps respectively, StrMatching97.mde or StrMatching2k.mde respectively, IEEESoundexV5.pdf, and VBAlgorithms.txt.
IEEESoundexV5.pdf is an abstract about Approximate Sting Matching that fired my curiosity about the subject, and pertains to the package.
VBAlgorithms.txt contains the entire suite of algorithms in Visual Basic extracted from the MDB modules.
The PowerPoint presentations describe the workings of the MDE and give a good overview of Fuzzy Matching.
A very elementary question - but I'd be grateful for an answer.
I have two tables (or perhaps two queries) each with a key field. If all is well, there should be complete correspondence between the two sets of records. That is, if there's a record with key 12345 in one table, there should also be a record with key 12345 in the other table.
I'm looking for the simplest way of checking whether or not this is the case, and, if it's not, detecting which records in one table are unmatched by any record in the other.
SELECT NewMyEstartChild.yordob, NewMyEstartChild.firstname, NewMyEstartChild.surname, NewMyEstartChild.postcode FROM NewMyEstartChild INNER JOIN For2003 ON (NewMyEstartChild.postcode = For2003.POSTCODE) AND (NewMyEstartChild.yordob = For2003.MyDOB);
but It's giving me more data so to minimise data I was thinking to add another filed. which is Firstname field. but some children's name are spell incorrectly.
How can I match data with first letter only ? I have tries following query but it doesn't work. Please help!!!!!!!!
SELECT NewMyEstartChild.yordob, NewMyEstartChild.firstname, NewMyEstartChild.surname, NewMyEstartChild.postcode FROM NewMyEstartChild INNER JOIN For2003 ON (NewMyEstartChild.postcode = For2003.POSTCODE) AND (NewMyEstartChild.yordob = For2003.MyDOB) AND (NewMyEstartChild.Firstname = For2003.Firstname);
In last part of this query (NewMyEstartChild.Firstname = For2003.Firstname); How can I get the name of children whose firstname's letter is similar.
I have a large table with about (8000+) records and a smaller table (2000+) records. The large table has been exported from an ACT! database. The smaller table has 4 fields that i need to add to the larger table, and then i need to import the updated records back into the Act! database.
I created a simple select query and matched the tables with the only 2 criteria that match the 2 tables, this was "Company" and "PostCode".
This should have been ok, but instead of updating 2000+ records it only updated 1000. The reason for this is because some of the company names weren’t an exact match, "company ltd" and "company limited" etc.
If i just linked "postcode" to "postcode" there are quite a few different companies that have the same postcode.
Is there a way of trying to match just the first 5 characters of the company name but leaving the "company" field intact?
Wondering if you can help I have a table called "example" which has field "a" "b" "c" "d"...
I then create another table called "importtable" with field "a" (imported in from Excel)...
I would then like to create a query which matches any and shows all the records which I imported in from Excel to my current table called "example" I looked at joining via "relationships" using a Select Query but it doesn't quite show what I'm after...
Should add I would like Field "a" in both tables to show but only if the number exists in the "importtable" if not then don't show..
We have two databases that I am tryin to match it one variable, we get it to to match and take from the first database and enter it in the second but I was wondering how I can get a report on the ones that didnt match. Im sorry if this is a simplistic problem but I am kind of new to Access and didnt know where else to turn to help.
I have two tables that have fields set to a text so that the ClientID is their name.
When I query, my queries don't take into account the case. So "K Smith" is the same as "K SMITH" as "k sMIth"
I am trying to write an unmatched query between two tables based on this ClientID but it will turn up no unmatched because it is not taking into account the case.
Any suggestions on how to match the cases, othere then changing the table?
Hi. I am in the process of loading nursing license numbers into my database. The spreadsheet that I am importing from does not use the exact same names as the ones in my database, i.e. Smith, Deb in my database is Smith, Debora in the spreadsheet and I can't figure out the code or procedure to use to tell the database that these names are actually for the same record. Is it possible to do this and if so, how?
I have a function to display the opening hours for the next 7 days for a client. I have also included the functionality whereby you can create a "special day" with non - standard opening times which are stored in the database.
I have a simple SQL to check to see if the current day is a special day:
Code:SELECT * FROM SpecialDays WHERE SpecialDate = #" & currentDate & "#"
I have run into this problem tho. There is a special date in the database for 03/01/2007 (UK date format 3rd January) but this is being retrieved for the 1st of March (01/03/2007)
therefore this query: Code:SELECT * FROM SpecialDays WHERE SpecialDate = #01/03/2007#
Here is how you can use it - I provide this example:
Tables and queries can be created in the MDE database.
Create a table with known good reference strings. I created this one - REF_LIST.
It has one field, REF_STRING (Text) with a length of 50, and indexed (No Duplicates). The field length can be set to a length that suits your requirements.
This is the content:
REF_STRING Claw Hammer Cold Chisel Monkey Wrench Nail Gun
Create another table with strings to match. I created this one - TEST_LIST.
It has one field, TEST_STRING (Text) with a length of 50, and indexed (Either No Duplicates or Duplicates Ok depending on the data). The field length can be set to a length that suits your requirements.
Then create another table for the results. I created this one - RESULTS.
It has four fields, REF_STRING (same properties as in table REF_LIST), TEST_STRING (same properties as in table TEST_LIST), MATCH_VALU (Single, Fixed, 2 decimal places), and GOOD_MATCH (True/False).
This is the content from the results of the Match_Lists query.
INSERT INTO RESULTS ( REF_STRING, TEST_STRING, MATCH_VALU ) SELECT REF_LIST.REF_STRING, TEST_LIST.TEST_STRING, IsSimilar([REF_STRING],[TEST_STRING]) AS Expr1 FROM REF_LIST, TEST_LIST WHERE (((IsSimilar([REF_STRING],[TEST_STRING]))>0.79));
Using this example you can populate the two tables, REF_LIST and TEST_LIST with strings that you need to compare and run the Match_Lists query.
The GOOD_MATCH field in the RESULTS table is for you or another human to determine if anything questionable is a good match for your purposes. If it is found that any match with a value of at least .95 is a good match then an update query could be created to update the GOOD_MATCH field with true for all those with a value of >= .95.
Then a select query could be created to look at those matches that do not have a GOOD_MATCH to determine if they may be good matches.
Naturally the two tables may need a unique ID for the strings for better tracking and comparing.
If so, create them and have them appended to the RESULTS table as well in the Match_Lists query.
I have three tables: tblProducts1, tblProducts2 and tblProductSales.tblProducts1Code CostABC 20BVC 35ABC 30tblProducts2Code CostABC 10BVC 55ABC 20tblProductSalesCode RevABC 70BVC 25ABC 20BVC 15DCC 33I want to produce a query that looks like this:Code Rev Cost ProfitABC 90 80 10BVC 40 90 -50DCC 33 0 33How can I do this?Thanks,Jon
Hi,I have two tables with these set of data:Table1Filed1 Field21000 A1001 B1002 C1003 D1004 ETable2Filed1 Field21000 A1002 C1003 D1005 F1006 GI need to create 3 Tables with following out put.1. Data that are common to both Table1 & Table22. Data that are in Table1 but do no exist in Table23. Data that are in Table2 but do not exist in Table1 Can anyone help me to find the answer please.CheersBud
I have a database called LettersDatabase this databse holds all the letters that have been made including the path to the doc. I use SSN to ID the letters to customers on the Contacts Database.
Contacts database also uses the SSN to id the contacts
I have a form that creates new letters for customers in this form I have listbox that queries the LettersDatabase for all matching records based on the forms contact SSN to see how many letters have been made for that customer.
The problem is that my listbox only shows the first record matching that SSN but there are more records in that LettersDatabase with the same SSN that I need to have diplayed on the listbox as well.
I may be writing the query incorrectly. Here what I have for the query on the listbox
Like[Forms]![LetterMaker]![txtSSN]
I try adding (&"*") to the end of the query but that does not help.
If anyone out there has the solution to this problem it would be greatly appreciated
