Comments on: Access database management http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/access-database-management/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Squashjunkie http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/access-database-management/#comment-55858 Squashjunkie Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:42:38 +0000 #comment-55858 To give you a good view of what is happening to your records, you would be better adding the following fields to your "working" database 1. A status i.e. N=New Record, I=Incomplete, C=Complete 2. A user stamp - I assume that you have user logins in your database that you can record when a transaction line / record is updated. 3. A date/time stamp - the last date/time that the record was updated. Using these three in addition to the above will give you greater management over which records need to be updated, and also enhance your ability to track and filter data. To give you a good view of what is happening to your records, you would be better adding the following fields to your “working” database
1. A status i.e. N=New Record, I=Incomplete, C=Complete
2. A user stamp - I assume that you have user logins in your database that you can record when a transaction line / record is updated.
3. A date/time stamp - the last date/time that the record was updated.

Using these three in addition to the above will give you greater management over which records need to be updated, and also enhance your ability to track and filter data.

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