Need Development Advice
Jul 22, 2007
Hello,
I am looking for some advice on how to go about solving a problem.
I created a database 1 primary table with 1 other table, linked in a form with a 1 to many relationship.
The PK is auto assigned for both tables.
I want to have say three different companies use the same database but with some kind of unique ID for each company so when I bring all of the data together into one database it will all merge but be sortable by the company that created the data.
As some of you will note I thought that defining the PK for each record was the way to go but it seems that this is not going to work.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Fen How
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Dec 5, 2005
I'm after a bit of advice....
Have developed a booking system for a client, Access 2003 adp front end with SQL Server 2000 backend, they want to offer search and view facilities on their intranet and possibly on the internet. Very broad but Simple question, whats the best way to do it ?:eek: having never done any web development....
It will purely be a couple of combo boxes populated from the SQL server for selection, followed by the display of the results, possibly with an email button.
At a loss as to where I should start, can I do anything in Access or possibly ASP.NET or something else ????
Apologies if this is in the wrong thread, and many thanks in advance for any responses,
GRW
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Oct 30, 2006
Placed this query in another section of the forum without response - possibly wrong section so please forgive me for duplication
Does anyone have a sample development contract subject to UK legislation. I need one for a project that is quoted at £4,500 stg and as this is my first biggie I want to keep myself covered.
whilst I know you may suggest I go to a solicitor I can't really afford to. some of you may say that I can't afford not to but hopefully after a couple of biggies like this it will be possible.
Thanks
Humph
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Nov 28, 2007
Is there a way to kick all users out of the database so updates can be made? I have an Access database that is used by several different machines. I need to make my updates around 4pm each day but sometimes the operators forget to log off. I need to be able to kick everyone out so that I can get my updates made on time.
Any ideas?
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Apr 10, 2008
I doing a db that is supposed to show the development plan of some persons.
2 tables:
graduates
departments
in the graduates table there are among other data about the graduates, four fields for their departments in the next year.
i have called them:
rotation 1
rotation 2
rotation 3
rotation 4
these rotations should be choosed from the departments table, so i have created a lookup dropdown list in these fields.
now i want to show a query that shows a list of all the departments with the linked graduates. something like this:
Rot 1: Rot 2: Rot 3: Rot 4:
dep 1: Ben John - James
dep 2: James Ben John -
dep 3: - - James -
dep 4: John - Ben -
dep 5: - - - John
dep 6: - James - Ben
'-' = meaning empty field (onley for illustration in this forum)
My question is how i set up the links between the tables to create a query that show this.
Thank you.
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Apr 11, 2007
Hi,
I need to create a Database in Microsoft Access. Can anyone name me 3 different development methodologies I could use?
Thanks.
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Aug 26, 2005
Hello:
I've been using Access as my database development tool for a few years. Now I would like to start learning how to use Access in conjuction with other tools (such as ASP, vb.Net, etc.) to develop web applications. Can anyone point me in the right direction, offer ideas on how to get started? I don't know how things work between an Access db and the Web.
Thank you very much.
Raneil
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Oct 16, 2005
I recently got asked by a friend to set up a database for him to store his business contacts (so he can do mailshots etc) along with some basic order history. I've come up with the basics of this database (attached). There is still some work to do on it, a bit of tidying up and some reports etc but I need to go and see him show him what I've done and to clarify exactly what reports and stuff he wants.
I'm only doing this in my free time but he has said he'll pay me for my efforts. I don't feel I can really charge an hourly rate though as I'm still only learning the ropes and what might take me several hours might only take an experienced developer an hour or even 10 mins! :o
So I guess what I'm asking, is could those of you who are self-employed, or indeed anyone who has some idea of what the going rates for databases are, take a look at what I've done and give me an estimate of how long it would have taken to put together something similar and how much you would charge for it (either in total or per hour).
I'm also sure that some of what I've done could have been done a lot better, so if anyone has any views on improvements I could make, I'm all ears. :)
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Oct 27, 2005
I am need of urgent help with the following situation:
Currently my project has been developed on my computer with frontend Access, backend SQL Server (on our companys server). Now that I am testing release as soon as I create the package and install it on any other computer it says that it cannot connect to the SQL Server...
Is there something I should add (macro) or otherwise to make sure that it recognises the SQL server and connects?
As a point of note the release will be on the RunTime engine rather than full access.
Thanks for any help.
Phil
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Aug 15, 2007
Hi
I'm building a Software Licensing Database & I have come across this particular problem and i am not 100% sure which way would be the best way for me to solve it. So far I have created the database so that a user/software/license can be added to the system. The main form display's users information and below in a tabbed subform it displays the installed software on the machine. On the second tab it displays the license's attached to that machine. On each of these subforms its provides the user to add/delete software/license's however my problem is with error handling within the system. I have managed to make it so that a user can only selelct license's that are specific
Each License can cover anywhere from 1 to <x-amount> of pc's. What I want to be able to do is the user can select a license if their is 1 available and a small text box which denote's how many license's are available. So i know im going to need a license count which is easy enough using a SUM within a query. It is the error handling that im stuck on. I need to create a statement using the 'equal to or greater than' operator if possible saying
If NumberofLicenses >= then add license
Else If vbOKonly message - "Insufficient License's to cover this piece of software please purchase & add the new license to the system then try again"
Something along those lines.. I just dont know where this would go or how to write it! If anyone has a better way of achieving this.. fire away im open to ideas!
cheers
Ally
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Nov 8, 2005
I am self-taught on Access and have designed a quite basic database for a friend who owns his own company. This is a client contact database designed to hold information about his clients and their companies, but also to send reminders to Outlook when they haven't been contacted for a while - ie. to make my friend more proactive in his business.
This was a project which I originally agreed to work on for a fixed price. Needless to say, I undersold myself and probably because I am self-taught, with the number of hours I have put in, I probably got paid 2p an hour!
The project is drawing to a close, but he wants to pay me per hour for any further development to the system, and for any similar work he wants doing, problem is I haven't a clue what to charge him per hour?
Any ideas, without divulging your well-earned salaries of course!
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Jul 27, 2007
Hi,
Right at the moment i'm baisically designing and building a software licensing management system fro my boss at the moment but I have had a snag, the face that its 3pm on a friday is not helping with my concentration either.
Ok so my problem is that i've got 3 tables (tblUser_Informantion, tblSoftware_Information & tblHardware_Information) all of which are related via a 4th table (tblReference) which holds the primary keys of each of the other 3 tables mentioned.
For all intents and purpose's the primary keys are named according to their tables i.e. (User_ID, Software_ID, Hardware_ID, Reference_ID etc...)
On my main form a User can select via a cmbo-box or search for a Person via Surname or search via Machine Asset number. Upon selection this fills a number of pre determinate box's below that containing you typical standard information. However under this is a subform showing what software the user has installed on the machine and on an alternate tab it shows the software license's purchased and assigned to that machine. So far so good.
However I want to create a button in which the user can add software for that particular person in the fields. The user will select the software from a listbox filtered by combo boxes filtering by Software Vendor etc... My problem is that when the user has selected this software title either via double click or an update button i want it to update the tblReference table. So baisically i need this button to grab the User_ID, Software_ID and Hardware_ID and place it in the tblReference table as a new record.
Hopefully i have explained this well enough for people to understand below is a jpg of my current main screen so you can hopefully get a jist of what im trying to say and do. However im open to suggestions if people feel they know a much better way of achieving my goal.. as i sed its friday afternoon and im feeling particulary slow so you'll have to forgive me!
Any help is much appreciated.
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how do I search for how to open an MDB in development mode, not active running mode ?
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Mar 14, 2007
Hi
I keep the production version of my database on a server, and a copy of it for development work on my desktop. Today I've made several changes to the development version, which didn't work. I then opened the production version held on the server in a separate MS Access window to compare the queries/results to see where the problem was and have found that the changes have automatically updated in the production version. Can anyone explain this? They shouldnt be linked at all. The 2 versions both link to a datawarehouse through an ODBC link, but shouldn't be linking to each other (I'm using Access 2003).
Cheers :)
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Jul 24, 2013
old Access database that's been upgraded through to Access 2000 or 2003 (probably 2000), but not beyond. Was rebuilt in Access 2003 format around 2006/2007 (by someone else who no longer works here). Being used now in Access 2007 and 2010. Uses DSN to connect to SQL Server backend. Last week it was SQL Server 2005, moved the back end on Saturday to SQL Server 2012. Changed the DSN when moving to the new server. But I don't think this has to do with the DSN (it's getting data just fine).
There's a data entry form. User enters a Generator ID, event triggers it to look for the details for the generator and load them into a generator subform. After it loads the information into the subform, and before the user does anything else, it throws "This connection cannot be used to perform this operation. It is either closed or invalid in this context."It triggers post update of the Generator ID:
Code:
Private Sub txtGeneratorID_AfterUpdate()
On Error GoTo Handle_err
Me.txtGeneratorID = UCase(Me.txtGeneratorID)
Call FillHandlerSubform(Me.subGeneratorInfo, Me.txtGeneratorID.Value)
If GetGenStat(Me.txtGeneratorID.Value) = "N" Or GetGenStat(Me.txtGeneratorID.Value) = "OB" Then
MsgBox "Warning Generator Status! " & UCase(Me.txtGeneratorID.Value) & vbCrLf & _
"This Generator has a status of N or OB!", vbCritical, "Bad Generator Status!"
Cancel = True
End If
[code]....
It doesn't throw this error in the development copy of the database, dev copy works just fine. It only throws it from the production version. They are located on the same network, just in different folders. They are pointing to the same database on the same SQL Server using a DSN file located inside the folder where the .mdb file is located (this is a change in the front end, prior to this it was using a DSN on each individual machine, but I changed it to stop that).
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Jan 8, 2014
I have created a simple login form that is based on User Name and Password.the table contains UserName, First Name, Last Name, Password and User Role(dev, admin...ect.)How can I change who can access different parts of the database?I want all the Development tools only accessable to People who have "dev" as a "User Role".Admin can only access the forms related to data entry and managers can view all forms but not the tables, querie and tools...ect.
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May 12, 2005
Im in the process of building a database for a friends business, and im a bit of a newbie with access.
Id like to get some opinions on structure and overall how i should build the Database.
My goal is to have two types of clients ... donors and buyers.
A client can be both a donor, a buyer or both.
When a client is a donor, they get a certain amount of credits added to their account.
When a client is a buyer, they will be purchasing those credits from a donor.
heres an example of what i want to accomplish;
John smith donates 500 credits; I enter John Smiths info and credits into his profile;
Jim Doe buys 100 of John Smiths credits; I want the DB to automatically update Mr. Smiths Credits, and then add 100 credits to Jim Does profile.
Also, I want John Smith to be able to purchase credits from Jane Johnson, and again, have the credits added to John Smith and deducted from Jane Johnson automatically.
Get my meaning here?
The tables will also contain the typical client info ...ie; Name, Address, Phone, SSN etc...
Can i/Should i do a seperate table just for credits and link it to the client tables? Should i create seperate tables for Buyers and Donors?
Also, I have an excel spreadsheet with formulas to do credits already, but when i tried to import it into a table in access, it didnt work so well.
Any opinions on table structure, design etc would be greatly appreciated
Thanks all for lookin in
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Jun 4, 2005
Hello to all,
i have a non-windows application and i would like to create a vb program to print invoices.
I would like to send to this program a txt file with all the values (qty, vat, customer name etc with vertical & horizontal positions in the form etc..) and then superpose all i need to print with an image (gif or jpg wich is the my customer invoice presentation.
In fact i have 2 layers , one with all the value i print and another with the invoice image background.
I'm a beginer with VB, so i need advices to create this program, maybe someone did this already.
Thx in advance
VINCENT
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Sep 3, 2005
Hi all,
Im fairly new to access and im having trouble constructing a stock control system that can create sales orders and adjust stock levels accordingly, hold customer details linked to sales orders. Ive spent about 20 hours trying to do this and its just pickled my brain, ive searched everywhere but sometimes im uncertain what exactly it is im looking for. Can anyone give me some pointers?
I have 7 tables at the mo but its 4 of the tables i need for the sales order:
tblcustomerdetails
customerID,first name, last name (general customer details)
tblorder
orderID, customerID, delilvery address fields..., subtotal, total, delivery
tblorderdetails
orderID, productID, productname, description, listprice, quantity, discount, linetotal
tblproducts
productID, catagoryname, productname, description, costprice, listprice, profitmargin, suppliername, instock, reorderlevel, quantityperunit.
what im trying to do at the minute is contruct a subform for a form that would require entering the products into through a combo box selected by productname and then autofill the product description and listprice. Ive ended up deleting all my forms and queries because nothing seemed to work right. I will then add this sub form to a form containing all the customer information and the total price for the subform this then needs to be output to a report for printing, but i can figure that out later. Ive attached my database if anyone wants a look if you dont understand my jibberish.
thanks
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Oct 29, 2005
Hi all
First post.
I was wondering if this could be done in Access. Let me explain
I work at a candies manufacturer in Puerto Rico. Right now we are not tracking any kind of inventory. Is it possible to efficiently track our kind of inventory ( raw materials, work in process and Finished Goods) in Access?? Maybe using a bar code system??
Is it possible??
Please advice
Thank you
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Nov 2, 2005
Hi
I would like some advice or opinions from people who have worked with access and mysql.
Currently we run a large database in access which holds around 3500 records. It is actually running quite slow at the moment. What would you suggest to speed it up? ive heard running it on a sql server but i dont have the info to know if this would be correct.
Also i was thinking or changing the access database and getting it fully redone in mysql why would this be more advantageous?
Also i havent any knowledge on MySql is it easy to learn for a beginner? Do you have any information such as websites i could visit to learn or sample databases? Or would it not be worth me learning it? What would you see at the front end and back end?
Sorry to bombard you with questions
I value your opinions
Thanks
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Sep 14, 2006
Hi,
My client wants me to make fields from different tables on the same form which he wants to use for input. This has made it very difficult for me as my queries have to involve a lot of outer joins and in some cases full joins.
Any suggestion please?
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Jul 5, 2007
Hi all,
I'm trying to set up a database, which I've done before on different programs, but I'm new to Access. I have a rather elaborate plan but am not sure it's actually possible.
I would like to set up a system that will effectively take input from the user within a record on the database. In simplest terms I'd like to set up a form on which the selection of a value for one field for a record affects the list of options available for a second field. As a basic example, say there are two fields: Input with possible values Red and Blue; Options, with possible values Red1, Red2, Blue1, Blue2. Ideally I would like to set up a form on which if Red is selected in Input, the options Blue1 and Blue2 don't appear in the Options box. Crucially you can also then select Red1 or Red2 as the value for 'Options' for that record (as opposed to just having a text box with the options written in it), as this provides the potential for a string, with the selection of a value for Options affecting another field.
Obviously in reality there will be many potential values for Options, and it won’t be obvious to the user which are compatible with each value for Input.
I wanted to use Program Flow functions with a combo box - say for the Record Source: IIf ( [Input]="red" , "red1;red2" , "blue1;blue2" ), though this would probably need to become a Switch/Case/Break command in the real database - but I don't think you can input equations into the Record Source.
I've also thought about trying to use queries, but can't see how it would work either, (the form for every record is the same, so the combo/list box for Options will always have the same properties. Switching between forms based on the value of Input seems impossible).
Then again perhaps I'm trying to make a database do something it wasn't really designed for, and should go back to basics and just display the possible options in a text box that is dependant on Input (but this way I won't be able to use the value of 'Options' in a further process).
I'd really appreciate any suggestions, especially since I'm pretty clumsy with the system still (first day using it, oh joy) and so could well be missing an obvious solution.
Thanks for your time.
Kate
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Mar 8, 2008
Hi, I'm still an amateur at using Access and have just recently been introduced to normalization.
I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with a database I'm trying to create.
I need the database to store vehicle information (name, make, model, color, license plate), along with parking information (date, time, place, who issued the notice)
My biggest question so far, is finding an efficient way to list a vehicle with what would be an undetermined number of parking slips. and then of course being able to retrieve that information on one form.
I tried using a from for VehicleInfo with a subform for ParkingInfo but I'm not getting the relationships right, the parkinginfo form is not displaying all the information connected to the license plate when the main form shows the vehicle information..
if that makes sense, any help or advice on how to proceed (or begin) would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Apr 9, 2008
Sorry - duplicated post.
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Apr 9, 2008
I have been developing a catering order system at work. A demo version has been in test and initial issues sorted. The users are very happy with the way it works and though far from perfect it does everything they asked for and then some.
Basically, each order for refreshments/food creates a record and order number. Orders feed through to a daily 'jobs' diary sorted by date/time which the catering staff work from.
However, what they are asking for now is to be able to link some records together for collation/charging purposes. Grouping using the customer ID and the order Date doesn't work as customers could have many orders across many dates , and some of the orders by the same customer won't need to be collated together. My initial thoughts are to add a unique code to each order that needs to be linked , has anyone any ideas on this , is there an easy way to generate a code (perhaps CustID, OrderID , Date, other?) which can be added to other records to 'link' them.
I would be grateful for any suggestions.(other than a complete redesign :eek:)
Thanks
RussG
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