ms-access

MS Access Properties

Where can I find a native list of MS Access properties available through: CurrentDb.Properties("Property_Name_Here") For example, I know; AppTitle is available to access the title of the application AppIcon is available to access the path of the icon used for the application For different versions I am sure there are different ...

How to extract the schema of an Access (.mdb) database?

I am trying to extract the schema of an .mdb database, so that I can recreate the database elsewhere. How can I pull off something like this? ...

VBA Not IsNull

Working with some VBA code in Access that when a very specific set of conditions are met it will pop up an InputBox asking for a integer. So far so good. Private Sub Command10_Click() If Not IsNull(mrf) Then If min <> max Then If qty <= min Then mrf = GetParamValue End If End ...

Setting a column's default value to be the logged in user name in Access 2007

I have an Access file developed using Access 2003, and am trying to work with it using Access 2007. Some tables have a "changedby" column, which has a default value of =Environ("username") This is triggering an error Unknown function 'Environ' in validation expression or default value on market.changedby Is there a replacement func...

How to execute code from a Module that resides in Microsoft Office Access Class Object

Is it possible to execute code that is apart of a Form in MS Access from an outside module? What would be the method to call in VBA? ...

MS Access interop - Data Import

I am working on a exe to export SQL to Access, we do not want to use DTS as we have multiple clients each exporting different views and the overhead to setup and maintain the DTS packages is too much. *Edit: This process is automated for many clients every night, so the whole process has to be kicked off and controlled within a cursor i...

Using custom codification scheme instead of GUID as Primary Key

I'm upsizing a backend MS Access database to SQL Server. The front-end client will remain an Access application for the time being (has about 30k lines of code). The aim is to eventually allow synchronisation of the database accross multiple servers (not using replication but probably the sync framework). Currently, all Primary Keys i...

OLEDB connection to Access database using DSN

Hai i want oledb connection using Dsn. I used the following code 'Dsn Create dbRegBase.RegisterDatabase("GEMINI", "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)", True,DBQ=D:\Gemini\GEMINI\database\paints_01_2008-2009.mdb Description=Greenchip Technologies ODBC Database File Path OemToAnsi=No UID=admin PWD=XXXXXX conection code Provider=Microsof...

VBA Code to Count all Columns that are numeric in ListBox containing SQL Query Results

This is in Access 2007. I have tried writing somethig like: Forms!MyForm!TextBox = Count(ISNUMERIC(ISNUMERIC(QueryResult.Reading))) But this returns non-numeric results. I have also tried: Forms!MyForm!TextBox = IIF(ISNUMERIC(QueryResult.Reading),Count(ISNUMERIC(QueryResult.Reading),"") Anyone have any ideas? I am lost. ...

How we can resolve the datetime problem shifting the Access DB from production server to live

Hi, Can you advice best way to rectify timezone issues in .Net. Recently I developed a simlple website by using asp.net C# as codebehind adn MS Access as backend. My production server and live servers are in different date time setting. My producttion server date format is dd-mm-yyyy live server format is mm-dd-yyyy. I am facing a...

MS Access: How can I automatically reduce Text columns to an appropriate size for the data stored in them?

MS Access has a passable text file import wizard. (File -> Get External Data -> Import.) Unfortunately, text columns (fields) are always imported with 255-character size, regardless of the actual data found in the input file. How can I reduce these 255-character Text columns to a reasonable size without manually doing a bunch of "SELECT...

Something faster than MS Access 2007, Fast Portable Database Recommendations?

I'm using MS Access 2007 for insert and read data in my application but it's really slow. I've got a long running application and if I run it from the memory it takes about 5 minutes, with MS Access 2007 it takes about 13 minutes! I'm looking for a faster yet portable database option, I'm using .NET . I'm not looking for advanced rela...

C# Access Database In use or Permission Failure

Hello, I'm using Access 2007 and C# to learn Databases. So far it's been rough but I've been able to handle things relatively well. What I need to do though is to query a my database table Accounts for the Amount of money a user has based on their pin. I've placed a button on the Windows Form I am using that will query the database on c...

web service call returns html

I am calling web services from within Microsoft Access and getting html that looks like " <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" href="pfp.asmx?disco"/> <style type="text/css"> BODY { color: #000000; background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; } c Previously this has happened when callin...

Field types available for use with "CREATE TABLE" in Microsoft Access

I have the displeasure of generating table creation scripts for Microsoft Access. I have not yet found any documentation describing what the syntax is for the various types. I have found the documentation for the Create Table statement in Access but there is little mention of the types that can be used. For example: CREATE TABLE Foo ...

MS Access - open a form taking a field value from a previous form.

Hello IT folkzies, I have a form in an MS Access database which lists all the landowners consulted with for a new electricity line. At the end of each row is a button which opens another form, showing the details of all consultation, offers made etc. I am trying to use vb in MS Access to take the contactID and automatically put it ...

Access Form with multipe tab controls

This is not a deveoper question, it's a novice question from someone that has used Access as a front end for a SQL database for years with no probems. I've now created a stand alone access database that I've created for various staff to fill out different pages of a three page form. The form has control tabs for pages 1, 2 and 3. Each...

Conditional Inserts SQL

I have the following table schema: create table SerialNo2( IncarnationID_UID counter primary key, Mark integer ); Now I want to add a new column in the table, let's call it degree. Given that I want to apply an update on production table, I will have to populate the degree column based on the Mark value for all the existing data in th...

Reading Sharepoint Multi-line Column from Access 2007 SQL Query

Dears, i have a SharePoint Site that have many custom lists and we use Microsoft Access 2007 to link to SharePoint site lists and make SQL Queries to get data .. for example if we had a list called [ Persons ] that contain columns [ ID , Name ( Single line of text ) , Address ( Multiple lines of text - Rich text (Bold, italics, text al...

How do I get all the rows in one table that are not in another in MS Access?

I have tried a bunch of different things but always get syntax errors. I have two tables - tableA and tableB. They both have a con_number field as a unique ID. I want to select all of the rows in tableB that do not exist in tableA. Can anyone please give me this query as it would be in MS Access? I know that using NOT IN is quite inef...