When I started using Access excel had been my closest app. to a database.
My first attempts to build a database failed because I tried to build the database like sets of excel sheets.
Any ways I then discovered Normalization, that helped a lot.
Now I am wondering about naming rules.
I have seen a few examples like:
ThisTableName,
strThisFieldName,
this_field_name,
Is there one standard or method or is this just user preference?
All,
I try to use common naming conventions wherever possible.
Every now and then I come across what should be common but I can't find a standard method to use.
It not really a huge problem, but as this is the General forum I thought I'd ask.
Does anyone have a good link with a long list of conventions?
http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0012.htm
http://www.databasedev.co.uk/naming_conv.html
http://www.acc-technology.com/namconv.htm
Are all good places to look.
Does anyone have a standard way to name a table which permenantly resides in the client but the data is very much temporary.
I use these tables a lot and was just interested.
No matter if there isn't one, just seems a good idea to open up a discussion for anyone else who wastes time like I do on the name of objects etc. rather than doing the work:-)
Any and all ideas on the subject most welcome.
Cheers, I hope this becomes a useful thread.
Following on from entries in a previous post (see http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=612071#post612071 ) I wondered what people considered to sensible naming conventions.
For example should a table be called "Order Details", "Order_Details", "OrderDetails" or "tblOrderDetails".
Should variables in VBA be given a prefix which indicates their type eg strString or intInteger etc.
Lets have your views.
Not only do a lot of people not format code (nothing a copy/paste dump of 300 lines with no spacing), they use control names like textbox1, combo47, and form12. It drives me bonkers. This is in part from Expert One-on-One Microsoft Access Application Development. Please read it and understand it. (The book isn't bad either.) Reagrdless of whether or not you agree with it, the point here is that you use some sort of naming convention, even if it's not this one as variants exist. Without it, maintaining your code is exponentially harder, and asking for help in here without some sort of standard convention is far less likely to get a response.That is all. :)Leszynski Naming Conventions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszynski_naming_convention)
View 4 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to set a naming convention for auto numbered records?
For instance in a table that holds information on customers, could you start the auto number scheme at something like 'cust01' rather than the normal autonumber scheme that's starts at 1 and continues.
Just so I am absolutely clear, table could be:
Customer_ID
First_Name
Last_Name
cust01
Ben
Robinson
cust02
Dom
Rodgers
cust03
Lilly
Balentine
cust04
Luke
Teal
rather than the normal:
Customer_ID
First_Name
Last_Name
1
Ben
Robinson
2
Dom
Rodgers
3
Lilly
Balentine
4
Luke
Teal
I'm not talking about naming conventions as in tblThis or qryThat, but I have 100+ queries, many of which do similar things from slightly different angles - e.g. a query that gives the total sales per store per month; the same query but per store per product per month; the same query but per sales manager per store per month etc. And these are then used in queries further up the tree that also have similar but slightly different results.
So is there an example database anywhere that I can download that has a decent amount of queries, and a sensible naming convention? I think I'm tying myself in knots because I have only a few tables but lots of queries (for data analysis), whereas most databases I see have lots of tables and a handful of queries.
Hi,
I need to name my field in my select query
i.e : - name: [...
but instead of it just being text, i need it to calculate its name by month i.e
Month([Starting date:])+1
On my query i ask the user to input a starting date and i then work out information based on that. How can i name the a calculated month
Thanks
k0r54
i have the following code and it works fine makes a xls called trash
now i want to be able to name the xls myself (via a form)
form called xlsexport
and the field i wil have to name it willb e called xlsname
is it a simple case of
objActiveWkb.Worksheets(1).SaveAs FileName:="c:[form]![xlsexport]![xlsname]- this doens't sound right to me ??
code below( yes theres some bits in there i need to tidy i know)
Private Sub Command0_Click()
Dim dbs As DAO.Database
Dim rstGetRecordSet As Recordset
Dim objXL As Object
Dim objCreateWkb As Object
Dim objActiveWkb As Object
Set dbs = CurrentDb
Set objXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set objCreateWkb = objXL.Workbooks.Add
Set objActiveWkb = objXL.Application.ActiveWorkbook
objXL.Visible = True
objActiveWkb.Sheets.Add
objActiveWkb.Worksheets(1).Name = "Trash1"
Set rstGetRecordSet = dbs.OpenRecordset("Trash")
objActiveWkb.Worksheets("Trash1").Cells(1, 1) = "test"
objActiveWkb.Worksheets("Trash1").Cells(2, 1).CopyFromRecordset rstGetRecordSet
' note replace names with correct qry
'objActiveWkb.Sheets.Add
'objActiveWkb.Worksheets(2).Name = "ABC"
'Set rstGetRecordSet = dbs.OpenRecordset("ABC_Query_Name")
'objActiveWkb.Worksheets("ABC").Cells(1, 1).CopyFromRecordset rstGetRecordSet
objActiveWkb.Worksheets(1).SaveAs FileName:="c: rash.xls"
objActiveWkb.Close
Set objActiveWkb = Nothing
Set objCreateWkb = Nothing
Set objXL = Nothing
rstGetRecordSet.Close
dbs.Close
Set rstGetRecordSet = Nothing
Set dbs = Nothing
Hi folks,
What is the abbreviation you use in MSAccess when naming combo boxes?
i.e a label is abbreviated using lbl.
Memory blank so appreciate some help thanks!
I'm looking to design a form in Access that has a documents number field. Ideally, this field would auto-generate a document number based on a logical naming convention.
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Code:
Dim strSQLCreate As String
Dim strSQLDelete As String
Dim strArchiveTableName As String
[Code].....
I know it will be in the "strArchiveTableName" variable, I am just not sure how to pull the dates out of the data being moved. The TestData table holds a date and time for each test, and the earliest and latest dates is what i want to append to the table name.
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Im putting up my Access table/query names for critique, because at some point Ill have to hand over this database to someone else and I want to see how they might react. So if you opened a query list and saw the list below, would you be able to find your way around, or are there too many similar looking queries?
Some of the queries are made up of 6 or 7 of the other queries. I find its easier to see what going on if they are separated out into individual queries, rather than throwing them all into a single select statement, and it means I can re-use things that I know work.
I get stuck on using plurals vs singular (e.g. StoresDeductions or StoreDeductions); how much detail to put in (e.g. BrokersChainsStoresCasesByMonth); how to indicate totals or being grouped by e.g. month; how to indicate date parameters, i.e. whenever a query says MonthRange it asks for this range, and any queries built on top of this one also have MonthRange in their name.
Code:
AccountsTotalNumStores
BrokersChainDeductionsMonthRange
BrokersChainDeductionsMonthRange_Crosstab
BrokersChainNumStores
BrokersChainsTotalsByMonthRange_Crosstab2
BrokersChainTotalsByMonth
BrokersChainTotalsByMonthRange
BrokersChainTotalsByMonthRange_Crosstab
BrokersChainTotalsMonthRange
[code]....
I'm currently working with Access 2007 building a way to create PODs to clients. I have most everything laid out, one problem I can't seem to get around is naming the file the SOW #. Below is the code:
Function Run_all_PODs_01()
Dim myPath As String
Dim name As Object
DoCmd.OpenQuery "Q5 SOW bill requested data points all", acViewNormal, acEdit
DoCmd.OpenQuery "Q5 SOW bill requested All 01", acViewNormal, acEdit
[Code] ...
I can't seem to get the name to equal the SOW number.
The table that I'm trying to reference is "SOW bill requested data points" it is a basic table one row with a column header as SOW #. I'm not sure how to tell it name the file that data point in the column.
I have taken over exisiting databases and the names for the tables,forms,queries,reports are not technically named correctly.. What would be the easiest way to rename everything accordingly:
tbl for table
qry for query
rpt for report
mcr for macro
bas for module
frm for form.
Of Course they have names but it is hard to tell when viewing a query for instance if you are looking at a table or a query.... in the SQL View.
I've searched and experimented, but to no avail...
On a form (frmWorkOrder) , I want to “call “ a property on a subform (Named sfrmDocument). In order to disable that subform.
Thus far I’ve narrowed the error to:
Me!sfrmDocument.Form.Enabled = False
Me!sfrmDocument.Form.Locked = False
This seems to be the way that http://www.mvps.org/access/forms/frm0031.htm would handle it. Someone's suggestion and it seemed to work before ...
Maybe I’m reading it wrong!! At any rate, I get the error 2465 Application defined or object defined error.
Am I forgetting something ? Help!!
Been hunting a round looking for some code that will output my access report to excel but more inportantly add a unique field from the report to the name of the file. example would be [FileName] & [ReferenceNo].xls.
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I have created a query to get the dogs name which works but I dont know how to get that query to run and then be put in the file name.
The code that I have is below
Code:
Private Sub btn_ExportDog_Click()
Dim strday As String 'The date
Dim sDest As String 'Where the file will be copied to
Dim sSource As String 'The name of the file to be copied
Dim strDogName As String 'The name of the dog that is geting exported
Dim strBackUp As String
strBackUp = "c:GPandDetectionDogTrainingLogBackUp"
[Code]...
I would like to add the "Month" of the information queried to my file name at export if possible. I included my current code and an example of how I would like the title to read.
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acExport, 10, "tblStarzIncentivePayoutExport", "C:StarzExportsIncentive Payouts" & " " & "Ran" & " " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yyyy")
I would like the file to be named:
Incentive Payouts "Month out of the date ran in the query" Ran 06/08/2015
Is it possible to do?
Is it poor practice to name form controls with the same name as the field names?
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second half is how to email this out. i had in mind a email system
email to . test@testhotmail.xyz
file attach = this folder where the docs are store and attach 12345
in a loop
so either
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I want to hit a button and then it scans for a file on a server and return with a message box saying if it exists or not.
I want it so when I am on a Specific record it will search for certain requirements.
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SIT yy m(m) dd Last Name Unique Identifier
Example:
SIT 14 5 21 Smith ABCD1234567
SIT 14 10 21 Smith ABCD1234567
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Last Name and Unique Identifier are fields within the db.
Last Name = txtLName
Unique Identifier = txtUniqIden
So far I have the following:
Code:
Dim strDirName As String
Dim strDirPath As String
Dim strDirName As String
Dim strDirPath As String
[Code] ....
So Far it works and I used the actual name of the items an it finds them but I need to up each record.
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The range in which the data is situated in excel varies. So the range address varies with the data. After a lot of searching I wrote the following code which works for a range which is fixed. The code is the following:
Dim acc As New Access.Application
Range(Range("b22"), Range("b22").End(xlDown)).Select
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="ghazla", RefersTo:=Selection
acc.OpenCurrentDatabase "D:PayRollFactoryJasminePayroll.accdb"
acc.DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
[Code] .....
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The code works with the fixed range ="Sheet2$B140". However what I need to do is to adjust the code so that I can insert "ghazla" as the range name so that this can vary.
Access 2010 doesn't seem to like the last line. It gives me an error saying the form name doesn't following access object naming rules.
Sub update_subform()
Dim dbsCurrent As Database
Dim qryD As QueryDef
Dim strSQL1 As String, strSQL2 As String, strSQL3 As String
Dim mytmp As String
Dim proc As String, myot As String
[Code] .....
Hi all,
Is it possible to name a field (heading) based on the value of another field?
At the moment the code looks someting like this:
Sum(IIf([START_DATE]<=[CurrentMonth],IIf([END_DATE]>=
[CurrentMonth],[COST_PER_UNIT],0),0)) AS [ThisMonth Rate]
I would like to name the field based on the value of another field in the same table instead of the static [ThisMonth Rate]
Thanks again
Jules