I want to stop duplicate entries from being entered on form. I have read through the thread , however I am totally confused as it seemed to be v high level complex queries. I am looking at:
Preventing duplicate entries to be entered
It should show an error "Saying entry already exists" Do you want to check,edit or add new...
I am trying to create a duplicate of a certain record in a table so that the user can then edit the new record - or old record even as it doesn't matter - as long as one of them is original. The idea is that any revisions / changes are stored the user may of made.
Hi all, I am currently using this code in the before Update event of the Surname Textbox on a form. The first Textbox is FirstName. The second one is Surname.
If (Not IsNull(DLookup("[FirstName]", _ "Employee", "[FirstName] ='" _ & Me!FirstName & "'"))) And (Not IsNull(DLookup("[Surname]", _ "Employee", "[Surname] ='" _ & Me!Surname & "'"))) Then MsgBox "Someone already exists with the same name! Please check for duplicates", vbCritical, "IPDMS" Me.Undo End If
However once the user has entered the surname and tries to save the record the MsgBox is coming up. Basically what is happening is the first name is coming up as the duplicate entry only. I need to prevent the whole name (first name and surname together) from being duplicated.
I have two different fields in a table. Month/Year and Location.When a user is entering data in a form, I want a message to be displayed if the location AND month/year are the same to tell the user that they are entering a duplicate record. I can't put unique keys on either of these fields because there is going to have to be duplicates in each field.
I am attempting to make a system where the lifespan of baskets in a production process can be tracked. In order to do this I am looking to create a form to input when a new basket is introduced.Each basket has a 'disc' associated with a number on (BasketNumber), however these discs are reused once the basket breaks which is making it more difficult.
I have a form (Add_New_Basket) which feeds into a table (Active_Basket); what I am trying to do is make sure that a new basket cannot be introduced with the same disc number as an active basket. The way I am trying to determine which baskets are active is that I have an end date, that is filled in once the basket has been scrapped.
Therefore I am trying to set my Add_New_Basket form to restrict me entering a new record with BasketNumber 999, if there is already a BasketNumber 999 in the table with 'EndDate' null. If there is BasketNumber 999 and EndDate is dd/mm/yyyy then it can create the entry.My form Add_New_Basket has fields ID (which is hidden), BasketNumber, StartDate (=Date()).My table has fields: ID, BasketNumber, StartDate, EndDate
Hi I have a form and sub form, the sub form is populated from a query and has a column of checkboxes. Basically these checkboxes get checked as part of the form, but only a maximum of five are allowed to be checked. Is there a way of achieving this? Cheers Dan
I have a fairly simple database we are using for keeping inventory and new items get added through a form. Is there A way I can prevent a part number and its properties from being entered if that same part number has already been entered at an earlier point in time?
I have a table called tblCompanies in which I have a field called CompanyName that is indexed set to "no duplicates". However, I want access to be able to pick out probable duplicates instead of only exact duplicates.
So, for example, if "Butter Fingers" is entered and "Butterfingers" is already in the database, I want access to prevent the new record from being created.
The code I found on MS Developer's reference only prevents exact duplicates which seems pointless since this can be done just as effectively on the table level using an index.
Anyway, here is the code:
Private Sub CompanyName_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer) If (Not IsNull(DLookup("[CompanyName]", _ "tblCompanies", "[CompanyName] ='" _ & Me!CompanyName & "'"))) Then MsgBox "Company has already been entered in the database." Cancel = True Me!CompanyName.Undo End If End Sub
Can it somehow be modified to do what I want it to do?
I am working on a database to track IT assets with third parties. I have a table called "Equipment" that includes info like model, serial numbers, purchase price, date, location, and "Asset ID". I have a second, single field table called "asset tag" that is just a list of asset ID tags, XYZ1000, XYZ1001, XYZ1002..
I created a one to one relationship between the two tables on the following fields: "equipment.assetID" and "asset tag.asset ID"
Once an "asset ID" is used, I would like it to either be grayed out or disappear from the list of available ID tags. Basically, I want it so that each "asset tag. Asset ID" can only be used once.
I have a table with a multi-field unique index: PatientID TestId TestDate Examiner
The problem is, date and/or examiner can be blank until that information is updated. I want those null values to be understood as actual values so that multiple instances of that "waiting to be updated" record do not occur. Is it possible for Access to understand my indexes in the following way?
I have a form which allows the user to book rooms.
On this form, there are the following fields:
BookingID: (Autonumber) RoomID: Text box Time:Text Box Date: Text Box Class: Text Box Teacher: Text Box
The form adds this information to the Booking table.
What I'm looking to do is prevent the user from double booking a room,like being able to check if the Room is already booked at that time and date, before the new information is added to the table and the room becomes double booked.
Basically this would be checking the RoomID, Time and Date fields, as everything else is irrelevant. What would be the best way to do this?
Hi All, I have a form that when loads, runs some VBA on the "On Current" event. Some of that code, fills in text boxes, with concatenated (?) strings. So every time I use the record selector and get to the end of all the records, the "On Current" fires adds the concatenated string (even if it's empty), and that then becomes a new record! Is there some way i can prevent this, but still keep the "On Current" event, some type of logic I could run before the concatenations etc.
I have a table with a blank record at the begining and populated records thereafter. I used the cmd button wizard to create a delete button for that table. Is there a way to prevent the blank record (record 1) from being deleted by the command button but still allow all other records to be deleted?
I have a Timesheet form where you select your name from a combo, and you select a Timesheet Period from another combo. Then you can enter various details in the sub-forms.
I want to prevent a user from being able to enter two timesheets for the same period. What's the best way of achieving this? I would like a pop-up to appear saying "You have already started a timesheet for this week. Please use the Update Form Dialog"
The timesheet form is bound to tblTimesheets which contains fields TimsheetID, StaffID, and TimesheetPeriodID
In cboNameSelect, StaffID is bound In cboPeriodSelect, TimesheetPeriodID is bound.
I'm not sure if this is a Table question or a Form question...
After a user enters data into all the fields on my form (ticket #, date, time, etc) and submits that form, I want to prevent them from going back to that record (or any record, for that matter) and make a change to it. Currently, they can do a "Find" on a specific ticket # while in the form and make any kind of change they wanted. ie: change the time they reported to a work site...
Is there an easy way to prevent this from happening?
Have read through all the threads related to this topic and can't find anything to help. Just want a message box to pop up after entry of first and last names in a form if the string already exists in the database. DLookup works wonderfully for validating on one field, but adding the second field is driving me crazy - Can I use DLookup to check more than one field? The following code gives me the error: "Run time error '2001' - You canceled the previous operation."
If Not IsNull(x) Then Beep MsgBox "This name already exists in the database. Please check that you are not entering a duplicate person before continuing.", vbOKOnly, "Duplicate Value" Cancel = True End If
I have a Form based on a table of current Players in a football league. The Form is used to edit, but mainly add new registrations. The fields are...
Surname FirstName Address Suburb Age Club YearRegd
Is it possible in some way to have an alert or message come up stating that the Player is already registered if the Table already contains a player with the same Surname and FirstName only. This would need to happen after the FirstName has been entered as it is the second field after 'Surname'. I'm not sure if Access can do this type of function or not.
hi all, I have three values in a record labelled "Local, National & Rural", I want the user to be able to select one of these options, (e.g. Local) and then be able to right click and sort be selection.
However, when I lock the combo box, you can't select anything but if it is unlocked, it changes the current record to whatever the combo box has selected.
I am using a data entry form to enter new data into one of the tables.How can we prevent entry of duplicate records? Duplicacy shall be checked on the first two fields only. Please help. regards bijon
I am using Access 97 at work, Access 2000 at home. This is a work project.
I have a database that tracks employee awards. One type of award is the Peer Award. An employee can receive more than one award during the reporting period (01 May 05 through 30 April 06), but an employee can nominate someone only ONCE during this period. The query also filters all award for the word PEER in the Award_Type field.
I need a method in my subform (where all of the award info is entered) to display a message if the NOMINATED_BY field contains the name of a nominator more than once. I am using a combobox (cboNominated_By) to select the nominator from a query based on the Employee_Name table.
I had thought of making the field NO DUPLICATES, but cannot do that, as I also keep these records as multi-year archives.
In my query I have as the criteria to limit records for the reporting period above.
In my subform, is there a method to check the combobox that I'm using for a duplicate nominator, then notify the user of this duplicate?
I've seen something similar to what I want in the below thread, but FoFa didn't offer an example of how this would be accomplished; Notification of Duplicate Records http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=158082&postcount=2
