I have made an Access database containing contract names and addresses. I need to have each of these contracts linked to another table which shows the allocated engineer for the particular contract. I used a "one 2 many" relationship using a field "LinkID" to do this. Each engineer has a unique "LinkID" in the engineer table but the engineer changes each day. The engineer for each particular day comes via an excel spreadsheet. The way it works at the moment is that the engineer name has to be manually changed each day, and this takes time. I have tried importing a linked excel table which looked like it would work, but was not able to use the linked table in the same "one 2 many" related table format as above.
What i need to do, is find a way for the fields containing the engineer name to be automatically updated somehow, possible by reading the values from the excel sheet.
Anybody know of any way for this to be done?
Thanks, and hope this makes sense got its got me baffled.
*** Edit **** Thinking about it, i could have an imported execl sheet which contains all of the engineers for each day. Would there be a way using a macro, to update the data in the engineers table that is related to the contracts, by overwriting it with the data from the linked spreadsheet?
Hi, I am desparate!! I work for a high school and need a database to record student community service hours over their high school careers. I have been trying to do this on and off since the summer. I promised I would have it done by the end of winter break but........I may have to go back to a spreadsheet if I can't get this right. That has proved to be a royal pain in the past few years.
I have set up tables but getting the relationships right is a problem. I dont know if it is possible but I would like to set it up so that I have a student form with 4 subforms for each school year. Each subform (4 tabs) will have the title of the school year (i.e. 05-06). We don't allow them to get credit if they go over on their hours for a given year. In other words, they can't do all their service hours in say, freshman year. They have to do 10 as freshmen, 20 as sophomores, 30 as juniors and 40 as seniors.
Each year I can refresh from the school db (for new students, etc.) but I can't go in and create a report in that program as we don't have the capability.
I am trying to teach myself but every tutorial I come across doesn't give reasons why you do something so I can figure out how to convert that info to help me. I have been researching this for a long time and looking at sample dbs.
Can anyone help? I am going to try to attach a copy of the mess I have made so far, Hopefully
I need some assitant in building a simple check reconciliation database. I was wondering if anyone can guide me in doing so? Or if anyone has some kind of sample i can use that would be great. thanks
I have at least 15000 records and all of them should be corrected if there is existing duplicates with same EMBG and different name. More precisely if there are 2 persons with same EBMG lets say 123456789 but one with name Naim Arifi and other one Naum Arifi then query should present to me Naim and Naum. Example
So the record 1 3 and 4 and 722 should be highlited because they have same EMBG and I need to find where is the mistake manualy (correcting from Naum to Naim). In this case row number 4 is mistake instead of Naim is Naum. I need to correct it manualy.
I'm running a 9 parameter query, where values for the criteria are drawn from a form. I'm confused as to how I build an "if, then" string so that if one of the parameters is left blank, the program will skip it and go to the next.
Ok, I currently have a query built with requests. What I want to do is initially set each request with a priority. Then when one request is closed the query will take the requests with priority 2 and change it to priority 1, change the request with priority 3 to priority 2 and so on. Also any new requests that are entered I want to be able to set their priority as well. Can anyone help me with this, or is it even possible?
I need to create an sql statement where the having statement can grow depending on how many conditions I pass to it. There maybe 10 conditions or there may only be 1 condition statement. I guess I'm really looking more for proper structure. Should I use "if" statements or is there a way to structure a variable with "OR" statements in it and use that.
I am hoping this is the right place to find some help. I have just started access (2003) and i am trying to build a list. Let me explain.
I have a table that contains cartcode, description, price
and another containing manufacturer, model
I then created a new table that links these tables together so that if i click the little + next to a cartcode i can see a list of models linked with that cartridge.
What i want to do though is create a query/table/anything that will create me a list of cartridges and then in the second column a list, hopefully seperated by a comma or all the printers models related to that cartridge. I hope that makes sence.
So my question is how do i create the list which included related printers?
Hi all, i'm new here and I have a query about a database i'm building with which any help would be appreciated.
I'm designing a form and I need to be able to have an option to save to a temporary table for retrieval by users so that they can continue their saved record at a later time. Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to do this as I am relatively inexperienced and I have to have the whole database complete before Wednesday:confused:
I have been asked to add a building entry log (Session Log) for a gym members database I created 2 years ago, unfortunately having racked my brain for the last week I am no nearer a solution.
Background: I am a novice with a little knowledge (Dangerous I know), the main structure of the database is Contact [Storing address and name], Payments [Storing membership info - renewal date etc] and Sessions [Storing session date & time] this sessions table was recently added as a stop gap measure to allow the staff to enter user sessions manually.
Problem: System needs to log user as IN and record the current time on first entry of userID (5 digit number), then the second time userID is entered it must log user out and record the time.
Resources: I have just a single laptop running windows 98SE, and a USB numeric keypad. I should be able to get hold of a second monitor if required, but beyond that it is a case of beg, borrow, or steal as my budget is ZERO.
Any help, or suggestions to get me on the right track would be greatly appreciated.
Hi i have a assignment in which i have to build a database with documentation (attached file has details about the assignment) I have no prior database experience, and have no idea where to start.I want to build the database for a computer store which sells computer products. I don't want to make it very complex, since my database skills at this stage are very poor. I will appreciate if someone gives me a run down or steps in building this database. I have no clue where to start, since this is probably the first database i have ever built.
I have created an invoicing system for my business, as i was unhappy with MYOB. Basically i have Product ID and Desciption in 1 table. In another, called registry, this is where i input the data for the order.
What i basically want to do is? When i type in the Product ID in the registry table, i want the description field to automatically appear in the cell next to it. As this would save a lot of time
OK, here's the deal. I have two data tables, one of which holds many types of customer information and has a very large number of records, including, name, address, phone, and email. The other table contains only email addresses. Each email in the second, smaller table corresponds to a record in the larger list , by virtue of both records sharing the same email address (primary key?). I need to be able to take a short list of email addresses from one table and produce all of the records from the larger table that have corresponding email addys, essentially. Can somebody shed some light on how I can structure a query to solve this dilemma? Sorry for the newb question, just getting started out using db's.. Thanks!
I have a query where I would like to include names from a name table. The problem is that I get this "ambiguous outer joins" error when I try to include it in my query. I have a main table, the name table, and a join table with the IDs from both of the other two tables in order to model a many-to-many relationship between main table and name table.
Is there a way around this?
Right now the query contains the main table and the join table so I get the name ID, just not the real names.
Hello. I'm building a history table to keep track of some changes that occur on one of my forms. Here is what I'm using to build my history table: Dim rs As DAO.Recordset Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("tblDateCycleTestingChanges", dbOpenDynaset) With rs .AddNew ![CycleTestingDatesID] = Me.CycleTestingDatesID.Value ![Changed] = Now() ![ClientID] = Me.ClientID.Value ![ProjectID] = Me.ProjectID.Value ![TaskID] = Me.TaskID.Value ![TaskStartDt] = Me.TaskStartDt.Value ![TaskEndDt] = Me.TaskEndDt.Value .Update End With Set rs = Nothing End If I have 2 questions: 1. I'm not sure where to insert this event. I'm thinking on Before_Update on the updated field? (I don't want to put it into Before_Update for a form event as I have other things that are being filled out/changed and I only want to keep track if certain fields on the forms are updated/changed. 2. I would also like to keep track of Old and New values for those specific fields. Is that at all possible? Thanks.
Iam doing an Access project And i have poblem in calculation in a form. This calculation basically is between a form and a table. I have a form called "Yearly _Amount" in which there is a field called "Total_Hours". Now i want to calculate this Total_Hours as "Sum of Hours" (Hours is record in "Time_Sheets" table) Whenthree fields are equal ie., Employee_#,Fiscal_Year and Project_# in Yearly_Amount form is equal to Employee_#,Fiscal_Year and Project_# in Time_Sheets Table.
Please guys help me out. Iam struggling too hard but iam not finding a solution.
I am very new at all of this. I am trying to build a filter form to just pick out one item. I am trying to filter out Box Numbers that have been entered into the database to run reports on them. I think that I am missing the correct code to do this. I have tried to create a form off the query by just using the box number and then creating a command button to apply the filter. But this doesn't work. I'm sure that I'm missing a step along the way. Help!
My users wish to have a feature in my db that allows them to compare the records within it and view a report on it.
I have implemented such a form but the functionality is not great. Basically it's a form with two subforms - the top where you choose the projects and the bottom where you view a list of the projects you've chosen. You can search the top subform using combos and select all the records currently in view (a button runs an update query based on the combo box values)
To add them to the list the user is setting a yes/no field to true. So the top subform is where yes/no field is false (and bottom subform is where yes/no is true).
They can then report on this as the report has a criteria of where the yes/no is true.
This works brilliantly, so long as there is only one user!! Otherwise they would interfere with eachother's list-building.
Does anyone have any ideas for an alternative method so that multiple users can use it? I was thinkin of making tables or something to store IDs in but don't know much about this or where to begin!!
I use code like the following to build a Word doc from data from multiple linked tables:
Public Sub Build_Word_Doc()
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set wrdApp = New Word.Application Set wrdDoc = New Word.Document wrdDoc.Activate wrdDoc.Select .... {code to build and save doc}
End Sub
If the user does NOT have an instance of Word open when the code runs, everything processes as desired. If, however, they had Word open when this code executes, they receive an error and there is a "phantom" WINWORD.EXE left in Task Manager.
Is there a good way to check for the presence of an active Word doc before running this code, or any other suggestions to avoid the situation I described?
Any help would be appreciated, 'cause my users look at me cross-eyed when I tell them they have to close all Word docs before using my application.
I work for manufacture company, we tried to upgrade to a new CRM system, 'Netsuite' but upper management decided to quit the project because it required more customizations then previously expected...
So on a daily basis I have to create quotes using excel.I look at the prices printed out on paper and type in each option and price for each unit. I've had to do this for 8 months and the company doesn't seem very eager to change this process.
I attempted to build a quoting system in Excel, using simple lookup and if statements. But what I need in my quotes was machine option filtering. If I select a model I need all options filtered based on the model selected. Each machine has 9 different options.
Could someone please give me a link or place to find a descreption of all the "More Tools" that you can use when building a form. If I had a list I could pick what is best for my database and explain things better to management...thanks.
hey, is there anyone who wil be of help to me by creating me a quick and simple database. It needs to keep track how many spare parts I have. Therefore it needs to show how many of each spare part i have, and be able to update the stock levels with a submit request page that when the submit button is pressed the stock levels automatically update. the information required for each spare part is article (what the product is from), article number ( the unique article number of the product), colour (the colour which its from), spare part (what it actually is) and quantity.
I don't program in Access very often. I am using Access 2003, and have a client that wants me to create a Mail Merge application using queries against some access databases. Is this something that can be done in Access?
Also, they have some reports that they would like for me to build. Can I make the reports dynamic by setting up some sort of form where they can choose the specifics they would like in the report, and then having those variables determine what will be shown in the report? How involved would the creation of that be with say 15 - 20 variables to choose from?
