Hi All, Forgive me for being a bit anal but I always prefer prevention over cure any day.
First I do have a back up of the db. (Access2K)
It is run on a Public drive with controlled folder access and is used by Multiple Users internationally via Citrix software. Assuming Access uses Windows API's to verify the user logged in, no passwords should be necessary.
Upon using the security wizard it will create a new mdw file. Should this be located in the root of the server or would the same folder (a different drive in server) that the db occupies be sufficient?
Currently this is a standard mdb. I tested a FE/BE configuration and for some reason this ran incredibly slow on our network. Not wanting IT to elaborate on lack of funding, I opted to remain with original configuration.
The shift option on open is password protected.
Is there anything that I've overlooked?
Any and all constructive critique will be appreciated.
I've run into a problem with my db :( When I'm trying to create users for it, apparently Access won't accept them when they try to log in from different computers.
Is it a general problem with Access, or is it just me who's a noob with this?
I've been working on a database for a while now and I believe the outline of it is complete, all that's left is the data inputting and security.
I tried to make my own security based around usernames and passwords but I was hopeless at applying MD5 encryption on the password field and working with the permissions afterwords.
I went through the user level security wizard and I set up the accounts and there's permissions to read tables, etc.. but there's no good tutorials or help files to do anything more complicated and I wouldn't know how to without reference materials.
Now.. the thing I wish to do is limit users by record, each record has a "worker" assigned to it. I want the user to log on, open the main menu form, open the client's form, then only that worker's clients would be available to go through with the forwards and back arrows, or the drop down list would be filtered.
Is this too complex to do with the user level security built into access?
Are there any alternate methods of doing so?
I can upload my database if anybody wants a better look.
I tried using the security wizard and I think I, I know I should have read up rather that trying to set it up. I printed the security report so I can get back in to the db but now all db's on this pc require me to log in now. How do I remove this security? Can I just delete the security db that was created by the wizard?
A rather amateur question I’m sure, but I’m teaching myself here and I’m stumped. I’ve been looking through all the help files I can find but haven’t found the answer, so… I have setup the built-in Access 2003 security on my database, but it seems that with all the default menus people could still get into design mode and open any table they want, no matter their security privileges. So, I could just turn off all the menus and F11, but then how would I get back into design mode if I need to make changes? Am I doing something fundamentally wrong design wise here? :confused:
Hello all, its been a very long time since I've been here. I'm having to brush off the dust and get back to using Access a bit here and I'm tasked with trying to set permissions on a database which our department uses. The actual database I will eventually set permissions on is an Access 2000 DB.
I've tried setting up security years ago and had all sorts of problems and then abandoned the project. So now I am re-trying and I used a test db to do this so I didn't screw things up. The test db is Access2003. I've read tuturials on how to use the Wizard, but I continue to "lock myself" out of the db.
Here's a step by step process of what I've done.
1) Create a new workgroup information. 2) Name my WID (left it as the random alphanumeric code) and selected the "I want to create a shortcut to open my security-enhanced database." 3) Have all database objects selected for security. 4) Selected "Full Permissions" and "Read-Only Permissions" groups for the workgroup information file. 5) Entered Users. 6) Set User permissions. 7) Saved the copy of the unsecured database.
When its all done then when I try to open the database and I receive the following popup.
"You do not have the necessary permissions to use the <database> object. Have your system administrator or the person who created this object establish the appropriate permissions for you."
What steps or concepts am I missing here? What I don't understand is shouldn't there be a login popup that comes up when opening the database? This is one area of access I understand very little about. Do the mdw files need to be in a specific location? I appreciate anyone's help on this. Thanks.
Should the Security Wizard be run to create the user rights before or after splitting the database? If it's run before splitting, does that mean that the .mdw will control both the front end and back end, versus running it after splitting it will only control the front end? I'm planning on having the back end on a server with no user rights to traverse the directory.
When should I convert the front end to an .mde - before or after running the Security Wizard, before or after splitting?
Any and all replies would be greatly appreciated by this Access rookie.
I need to give different users different levels of access to my database.
I ran the user level security wizard and have correctly created user accounts. I chose to make my account a member of the Admins group, and that appears to have worked in that I can go into User and Group Accounts and create accounts, remove passwords, change group membership etc.
However, I am no longe able to access the User Level Security wizard. Access gives me a message when I try, saying that I need to be a member of the Admins group to control security settings.
Can anyone confirm if this is correct or if I have done something wrong? I don't want to let my users start using the database and then find out I've actually locked myself out of some vital settings at a later date!
I created *.mdb database and I used (user-level security wizard) to give each user a username and a password. The dB file is saved in D: drive. The security wizard created a shortcut on the desktop to open the dB through it. After using that wizard I cannot open the database directly from drive D:.If I try to open it , it says"You don't have necessary permissions to use the database".Now, there are many users should use this db through the network.
Hi,This is my first post here... I hope I am not asking a really stupid question. :)Basically I need to cleanly export an Access 2003 database to a TAB-delimited file... The database in question has 1406 rows and several columns... some cells have nothing in them -- this is a "contacts" database.Long story short, I need to export-out as TAB-delimited (or comma)... I have done this, but when I view my results in Excel, it looks like some things are messed-up... I think there are some tabs hiding around the database that I am not aware of.Any tips on cleaning-up my database for export to CSV (tab/comma)?Also, I have one field that is a dropdown list... When I export it out as CSV/TXT I only get a number and not the actual value of the chosen drop-down... Is this normal? How do I get the actual value and not just the number?Basically, I would like to just normalize this database and get it into a perfect-looking CSV/TXT TAB/Comma delimited file. :)I would be willing to pay for this help... I do not have much cash, but I really want to make sure I get this done right the first time.Many TIA's!Cheers,M
I've read and gone though quite a few of the scrips and examples for creating logins and security and i'm getting to the stage when i need to have good understanding of the different methods.
Some of the examples whilst create a user login do not really allow for security within the database whilst the build in security wizard would appear to offer that functionality.
I am thinking that I will use the Workgroup file and that method. My question is am i able to utilise the fact that if a person 'AdamA' logs onto the database which is built into the workgroup security file. am I then able to take 'AdamA' to populate a table which records actions by a user? (I can't seem to find any thread or book reference to doing this)
1) There are some databases here at work that I can open in BOTH A97 and A2K. I thought A2K won't open in A97, and before you can open an A97 in A2K, you have to convert? At least that's been my experience thus far. Any idea what is happening and how I can determine which version these databases are currently in?
2) With those same databases...assuming some were A97, the option to Convert them under Database Utilities is greyed out. Is this most likely a rights issue? Could it be anything else?
Recently I created a database using MS Access for the company and I am the Admin for it. The database is in the share folder and many employees are using it but if I want to take backup or modify any thing a message is appearing saying that one user open the database.
Is there any method to know which user is opening the database and in which PC (workstation) it is open. --------------------------------------
Is there any way of adding export fuction to the toolbar using modules or macro
Is it possible to have a table of 10 random questions and an inital form created with those questions in the form of checkboxes. When you chose random questions from that pool of questions a new brand form and table have the option to be created.
Basically, I have many external databases to research and some of the questions are the same in each database. Each database must be saved as individual tables and forms.
I have few questions so please bare with me 1- i want the text box to change automatically according to date so i tried this: if date>text14.text then text30.text=sea else text30.text=port but nothing happens 2-i made a form but not all the data rows in the table are in the form(there`s still some rows) so if i delete a data that are in the form how i can automatically delete the data that are in the other row ?
3-this may sound stupid..but is there a way to stop the access logo from apearing when loading the database?and how to make access directly open a specified form?
I am designing a database and have a couple of questions.
I have designed a form that I have opening at startup. How do I force this to maximize on opening?
I have set up a report based on a query. It works fine. The query requires a parameter to be entered when it is run. The parameter comes from a list (of teachers in my school). How do I set up the query so that the 'Enter Parameter' dialog box provides a drop down list of teachers from which the user selects their name?
guys, can someone help, i copied this sql from the wizard window, i'm trying to put the sql in a vba code here is what i did, the select is not working it has syntax, can someone help?
Dim mySQL As String Dim db As Database Dim rs As Recordset Dim x As Long
Set db = CurrentDb
mySQL = "SELECT change_order_tbl.serial_num, Max(change_order_requestor_tbl.change_order_effect ive_date) AS MaxOfchange_order_effective_date" _ FROM change_order_requestor_tbl INNER JOIN change_order_tbl ON change_order_requestor_tbl.change_order_id=change_ order_tbl.change_order_id GROUP BY change_order_tbl.serial_num HAVING (((change_order_tbl.serial_num)="abc"));"
I have a table that shows all the company's PC's, and another table that shows all the software. I have a smart look up for a the PC's that when you click on it, it will show you all the software loaded to that machine. however, there is so much software loaded to these machines that when the look-up is clicked you can not read all of the software because it is listed horizontally. Is there any way that you can have the look-up view vertically. Any other ideas would be much appreciated.
Is it possible to do this through vba. If security is setup for all the tables and a user goes in and creates a new table, can that table have security applied to it using code?
So maybe the creator of the table has read/write privileges but everyone else only has read only.
I am new to Access and have just designed a new database and was wondering if anyone could help with a few questions.
1/ I am setting up a Macro to send an e-mail on the change of a form. When the e-mail is generated by Access I get a message from Outlook stating that "A program is trying to automatically send e-mail..." and asks you to confirm that it is ok to go. Is there any way to bypass this check or alternatively send the e-mail from a specific e-mail address rather than the database user.
2/ I have changed the background colours on a number of my forms but the Record Selector's and Scroll Bar stay the standard Access Grey. Is there anyway to change these?
3/ I have used the User Security Wizard to setup users, groups and access but I can't seem to see a way to limit the number of simulateous logins a person can have i.e. I can log in more than once with the same user when I only want to be able to login once. Any ideas?
Hey guys, I'm just doing this database and have suddenly realised I dont know as much about MS Access as I thought!
Q.1 - I need to run a query that displays the top 5 records in a table, how would I go about doing this?
Q.2 - In my tables, I have of numerical data like the following... http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/2695/11ch1.png is it possible to make a Totals column which automatcily adds up the data in the Fraud, Competition, Loss of data, etc rows? (similar to MS Excel if possible)
Say your got a database that has many users & in which quite alot of information is added to it on a regular basis. Basically its getting slower, what could be the problems & how could you fix it???
Hi all, I built a system in access for my a level IT course a few years back but haven't had need to use access since. just been asked to build simple system at work and i'm forgetting some really simple things. trouble is i think i'm overcomplicating the terms and can't find anything in the help file!
basically the system is to keep track of how many hours various people have worked on various jobs.
I've got 3 tables:
Jobs - job id, location etc etc Staff - staff id, name etc link - job id, staff id and hours worked.
the job and staff tables have the id as the primary key, and i've set the relationship to link them to the corresponding field in the link table. which is all fine if i remember rightly?!
now what i'm trying to do is set up a form for entring the hours worked etc into the link table. we use job id numbers all the time so i have that as a drop down box. what i want is to have a drop down for employee names, which will insert the employee id into the link table- basically so we can work with names rather than numbers. for the life of me i can't remember how to do it. i know is really simple but i can't find a way to express what i want to do to search for it in the help or online!
if anybody can refresh my memory it would be much appreciated!
First...I have a table called company rates which will be used to calculate time and materials. In the material field, I need to enter .10 for 10 percent. When I enter .10 the field changes back to zero. I have it set to long interger. Is this wrong?
Also, I am working on the form that will calculate all of this. I have a field that needs to look in a flex price field. If there is a number in the flex price than that is the labor, if not, it needs to multiply the estimated time (Text43) times the quantity, times the CurrentLaborRate contained in the CompanyRates subform. I can't seem to get it right...
Allrighty, some questions about replication. I have gotten the Replication Manager from the helpful IT folks here, have made the database, and it works well to synchronise between different files locally on this computer. However, ideally the other people in the department would be able to carry replicas around on their laptops, while ideally the design master and overall database tidying should sit on mine. The setup is typical intranet here - computers are invisible to one another directly, and so are their virtual My Documents drives, while shared network folders are visible to all.
Questions;
1. Since I can't see any of the other laptop drives, and the database would have to be accessible offline, I assume indirect synchronisation is the only choice, correct?
2. Does the Replication Manager need to be installed on each of the laptops that will use the database offline?
3. If yes, what's the process? Do I install RM on each laptop, then use the Create Replica function to create one locally on each? No hidden pitfalls here?
4. If yes, is it sufficient to keep RM shut all the time unless specifically wanting to synchronise? Would happen at least once a week.
5. If Replication Manager doesn't need to be installed on other laptops, how do I move replicas there? I tried moving one through copy/paste, but that broke the link to the Replication Manager.
6. (Optionally - I've seen some references to 'replica farms' - what is that?)
Very much appreciated if anyone is able to answer..
I am trying to build a db for the office I work at. And I have a few questions about how I should design it.
1. My vendor number should be an autonumber, but it has a relationship to the vendor name on a report. I cant create a relationship btwn text and autonumber.
2. Right now I have 3 main tables. Vendor, builder, and job. All of this is for the marketing aspect of the business. But I want to include other aspects, like collections and payroll. Should I add columns to the jobs table, or create a new table? For example, on the jobs table, I already have job info like details on the job and who referred it to us. Should I add invoiced amount, amount collected, etc., or create a table called collections to store all of this info? Im really confused about this.
