Hi, i'm new here and I know there's a lot going on but i was hoping someone could point me in the right direction or give me a few tips...
I've imported a very large (nearly 15000 records) set of data into an Access database as one big huge table storing various bits of information about coins. As far as I can tell, the data is in at least first normal form, in that no multiple values are stored in any columns (not yet sure of the technical term - field?)
Anyway, I've managed to use a make table query to separate out some of the content of the table into separate tables with relating entities.
One question is, and please bear with me - How do I add an autonumbered primary key to these newly separated out tables and then add these autonumbered items to the original tables as IDs so that I can set up relationships? Is there a "proper" way to go about describing this?
The following consists of ALL the fields in the original table and how i've split them up by table:
PERIODS
PeriodName
PeriodCode
PeriodHeading
PeriodStartYear
PeriodEndYear
VARIETIES
Variety
The Variety field in the Variety table is especially problematic. There were 1259 varieties stored in the original table which are now in a separate Varieties table which is great. But how do i now add an autoincrement number and call it, say, VarietyID, but then link each Variety back to the main list of coins but replace the full Variety description with the newly created VarietyID?
If any of that made sense, i'd REALLY appreciate some wisdom here.
A favor to ask: Pat Hartman posted an example db shortly before this site was attacked that dealt with setting up a form in a non-normal fashion to enter/display data that was in normalized tables. Did anyone download and keep a copy?
I downloaded it and was going to study it to try to build something similar for a lab application, but I lost my copy and can't get it back. A search here did not pull the post up, so I'm assuming the attack got the post, which was in the example DB section.
If anyone still has a copy, or if you see this Pat, would you mind posting the file again? I'd really like to study this one.
I have built a database using Access 2010 using the 'web' format for the forms, reports and tables.
This has been fine so far as I have been using macros for my clickonevents.
However I now need some functionality not available in the web forms macro expression builder. Namely Openquery, (it is not on the available list). I therefore want to copy my forms formatting and properties to a normal non-web form allowing me to enter vba code.
Is there no way of doing this though - will I have to redesign the form again from scratch?
Hi, it's me again, the guy who works with the Amusement ride industry. I'm trying to set up a way to ogranize all our saftey bulletins that we get.
I've already looked into indexing but the major problem is that the user will need to be able to search on multiple criteria (for example the Tilt A Whirl was made by three different manufacturers). Also I can't download that nifty google tool bar because we're running win 2000 without service pac 3.
Access seemed like a great alernative, but I have about 300 or so files I need to link. Is there a faster way of linking these files than going through and doing them one by one?
I have a pre-made index the guy before me made in exel. Most all the files are in PDF format if it helps at all. Thanks.
I have created a database with a list of product codes, pricing, costs, and supplier name. Now I have about 100 product codes which I would like to look up for all those information. Is there an effective way to do it in Access? I know I could export the whole datasheet to Excel to do a vLookup, but it may be lots of waiting time if the data are massive.
Is there a way to disable the filter feature in MS Access? I have several users that use the filter to find a single record when I've repeatedly told them that using CTRL-F is faster and less of a strain on network traffic.
I'm trying to eliminate all possible causes of a massive slowdown that occurs everyday at roughly 10-noon. There are several ODBC timeouts (even after including some code to have it attempt to retrieve the data 3 times prior to it allowing the timeout message to pop-up).
I have removed all linked tables/queries that are not needed and the database has been rebuilt. Compressed the database is under 2 megs and the SQL Server backend is on it's own server where the same queries return instant results.
I created a DB that I put security on and now everytime I create a new DB or go into a any DB I have to use a password even though it shouldn't require one. I know it has to do with the SYSTEM.mdw file but all of them say the same thing and I can't seem to find the problem. Please help.
Hello all!Maybe strange, but I have litterely created a new database from my "old" one. I did this because I thought the size of the database was growing way to fast.What I did was open two instances of Access, one with a new empty database open and one with the other "old" database open. I manually created all tables, queries, forms and code again by selecting everyting in design view, copying it, creating a new table/form/query/module in the empty database and pasting the data. After that I had to set some properties and it was ready to go. After compiling and compacting the new database was just 718kb in size. Empty that is. Then I added a couple of cases, compacted again, added some more, compacted again. (copies of the same data on different records). The same I did with the other "old" database.Both now have 12 clients with 2 cases (totalling 24 cases) every client and every case existing of the same data.The new database is now 1.120KB in size, the old one is 2.096KB. That's almost double. The only real difference between the two that I can think of is that one has a 20KB image tiled on the background of each form (the same image though) plus, of course, in the one database I've been designing, adding, deleting more.But how is it possible that these data sizes are so different? 100KB difference, ok. But almost double the size? How is that possbile and why? Are there things I can do to keep it at bay apart from using the Compacting and Reparing option? Plus: Is this normal?Edit: I emptied them. One is now 812KB in size empty, the other one is 1496 empty. Still... double the size. ?
I'm given this table and I'm supposed to say in which Normal Form it is. I'm not sure but I guess in this specific case I need to consider both Toy_ID and Order_ID as primary key. Then one can see that Order_Date ist dependent on Order_ID but not on Toy_ID, then the table should be in 2NF, right ?
The table is not in 3NF because even though Producer is dependent on Toy_ID (at least I think it's dependent), City and Country are not directly but only transitively dependent on Toy_ID. Am I right ?
I currently have a database thats A Replica which I need to Convert Back to a Normal Data file, Is there a simple way of doing this other than creating a new db with tables then using Querys to add the data from the replica.
I'm using 2002 and the replica if sized around 470Mb with over 200 Tables.
also does anybody know if the file size for assess 2002 was incresed from access 2000's 2Gb.
As in the topic stands that im looking for a code that hides Access and it starts up like a normal program. Ive searched several things on the forums and i actually did found something only he didnt gave the code ;(.
I'm wanting to get a very, very pale shade of gray as the background colour for an Access form, as well as for several text boxes on it. This is so that users can distinguish editable regions (white bgs) from uneditable ones (light gray bgs).
The default colours that pop up in the menu choices are too dark for this. I've tried using a tiled image for the background of the form, which works fine. But I'd like my uneditable textboxes to be selectable (so users can copy data) whilst being that colour too, which can't be done.
Therefore I'm looking for either the number code for a very very light gray colour (Access' default lightest is "12632256") or some sort of translator tool to let me know how on earth these numbers relate to anything in computing -- I mean, what do those numbers represent? Are they html=no, hex codes=no, rgb values, no... I mean, how is Access coming up with those numbers? I've tried just getting a light gray using trial and error and can't figure it out (even ended up with lime green at one point - very nice on the eyes lol).
Why do I have 2 Office Record locking, with different names. One is called Secured (which is ok), but the second one is called the same name of the Database. My database is running real slow. I have compacted and repair, but still running slow. I thought it might be the network, but when I open my old backups they run normal.
I saved my database as ACCDE file which is executable now the problem i am facing is i can't edit my database since i can not view it into design view.
I am wondering why the alteration to my form in design view is not reflected in the "normal" form view. I have included the two views. In design view I moved "Staff In"/"Staff ID" to the top of the form believing that as I work left to right thay would appear on the left hand side in normal view.
However, in the image of "normal" view you can see that "Staff In" is way over on the right hand side of the form.
Any ideas how I can fix this?
Thank you http://www.btinternet.com/~peter_paterson/Access/SubFormDesign.jpg http://www.btinternet.com/~peter_paterson/Access/SubformFormView.jpg
In my form's text box I have noticed that I can;t write paragraphs ie use the TAB key to start a new line. If I use rich text I assume this will be possible. But are there any disadvantages to using rich text?
If you want to use a "DoCmd.RunSQL "INSERT INTO" command to insert data in a table and the data to insert comes from a table and a form, could this be done in one pass?
So...writing a record wit 4 values from table1 together with a additional value from a textbox in table2 as 5 values.
How to update data from one table to another table using form.
I have data coming from design team in Database 1 and using form i want search data and assign the job to a person and store it in the database with his name. I have to do this because database from design team is read only.
I have three tables that contain different columns but linked by a primary column call Name. I want to create a table where all these different columns in the three tables join to form a master table which can be updated regularly either through the master table or the smaller tables. The master table also has the primary column as Name.
If I update the master table with records, it should update the respective linked table and vice versa. I also want to link these tables to my SharePoint site.
Note: except the Name column, none of these tables have any other columns in common How do I go about this?
I have two tables (Access 2010). One with a list of names (List1) and another with a very similar list of names (List2), but they differ in very small ways. For example, List1 might have John Smith, and List2 would have Smith, John L.; and Smith, John. List2 also has a unique ID associated with these names that I need to append to List1.
I need to design a form that will allow me to look up names in List1, and have it return all names that are similar in List2. I then need to be able to choose with record in List2 matches with the List1 entry (based on a few other columns in List2, such as birth date) and have the form add that unique ID to the List1 record.
