Microsoft Access Questions


AS400 ODCB table link
When i link tables with a ODBC driver then some table won’t give me any records (I link into microsoft access. But I do see the column headings. I the record fields I get: #Name? Is this an AS400 problem, ODCB or Access ?

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2010  4:14 PM
AS/400 errors, Microsoft Access, ODBC
15 pts.

Report -Conditional Format with multiple conditions: Access 2007
I am trying to generate a report that will change the font to different color if of a date field but the total number of days will change if another field = ?. So basically if [TYPE] = CHILD then DATE()-30= (red font), and DATE()-31 BETWEEN DATE()- 60= (yellow font) and DATE()-61 BETWEEN DATE()- 90=greenfont) [...]

Answer Question   |  June 24, 2008  10:39 AM
Access, Access reports, Conditional formatting, Conditional statements, Database, Database programming, Microsoft Access
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5 pts.

Public Folders
I have created a public folder to store excel spreadsheets that I need users to be able to access and change. I understand the permissions. My question is can more than 1 user be in the same spread sheet at one time and make individual changes.Will all changes be saved?

Answer Question   |  June 22, 2008  7:13 PM
Access, Excel 2003, Microsoft Access, Public folders
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5 pts.

Notifications Microsoft Access and Outlook
I have created a form and one of the fields in the form is for the date of expiry for certifications. Is there a way that access can send a notification or some type of flagging through Outlook (or any other method for that matter) to let me know that someones certification expiry date is [...]

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2008  5:04 PM
Microsoft Access, Outlook
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5 pts.

MDE to updating table in backend database
I inherited a few databases which were created in Access 2000. I only have Access 2003 and I needed to make a new MDE file, I converted to Access 2003 then created the new MDE file. Now the problem is this, the new MDE won’t write to the backend database.

Answer Question   |  June 27, 2008  12:29 PM
.MDE files, Access 2003, Database conversion, Microsoft Access
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30 pts.

mdb talk to jdbc
is it possible to make an inner procedure in (any) jdbc db that will produce simple p2p connection with another db for example a mdb, this is highly needed that the other db will be a flat file (mdb), if you know any way to create connection through another db, with a non-java db (not [...]

Answer Question   |  June 6, 2008  3:40 PM
Flat files, JDBC, Microsoft Access, Query
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255 pts.

DB Web interface
What would be the easiest language to use/learn if I want to create a web interface for my Access DB?

Answer Question   |  June 6, 2008  7:26 AM
Database frontend, Database programming, Microsoft Access
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65 pts.

Dropdown Window connecting… Help!
Ok, to get to the point, I’ll talk about the WHAT, I am asking the HOW and I’ll leave out the WHY. I have 3 peices of Data, + credits (positive credits), – credits (negative credits) and I want a dropdown window to the left that stores ways of ‘getting’ those credits or losing them, [...]

Answer Question   |  June 6, 2008  6:29 AM
DropDownList, Microsoft Access
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5 pts.

Microsoft Access – I would like to have the first character of a field print without the first character?
I would like to have the first character of a field print without the first character? (ex: LC7 to print as C7, The size of the field may vary)

Answer Question   |  June 6, 2008  10:42 PM
Access 97, Microsoft Access
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5 pts.

Convert OO Base to MSA
Is there a way to convert an existing Open Office Base database to MS Access?

Answer Question   |  June 18, 2008  4:51 PM
Access, Microsoft Access, OO, OpenOffice, VB
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15 pts.

Problem converting Access SQL query to T-SQL 2005
I have a SQL Server 2005 database. One of my co-workers has put a MS Access front-end on it, because of the ease of designing queries in Access. I need to convert an existing query from Access SQL to T-SQL to put it into production. So far, I have removed all the obvious differences between [...]

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2008  3:41 PM
Microsoft Access, SQL, SQL Server 2005, T-SQL
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15 pts.

Date Picker
Can I create a Date Picker (enabling users to look up a date from a calendar) in Access 2003 forms?

Answer Question   |  June 5, 2008  2:11 PM
Calendar control, Database programming, Date Picker, Microsoft Access
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70 pts.

Microsoft 2003 Access relationship window
The relationships window is displayed, and you notice that one of the tables has two feilds shownin bold. What does this mean?

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  2:05 PM
Access 2003, Microsoft Access, Relationship window
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5 pts.

set up file not installed in other system
Dear sir i created an application useing VB 6.0 and MS-Access.i made it exe and packaged as well as deployed using “Pavkge and Deployment Wizard” from Add-Ins menu. it is installed in my own system where i created the application.While i am installing in another system an Warning shows that “SET UP CAN’T CONTINUE BECAUSE [...]

Answer Question   |  May 30, 2008  6:51 AM
Microsoft Access, Package and Deployment wizard, VB, Visual Basic 6
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20 pts.

MS Access IIF
There is a task type column and a cost column. I need to pull out only the costs related to the task type steel. I was thinking an IIf ( [tast type] = steel, sum, 0 ) statement would work. Not making it happen. Any ideas? I actually want to pull out all of the [...]

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2008  9:16 PM
IIF function, Microsoft Access
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Keg
5 pts.

auto send e-mail
How does one auto send e-mail from access

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2008  1:59 PM
Database programming, Microsoft Access
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5 pts.

Convert time as text to datetime
I’ve got a stupid table that I have to work with (and no, I can’t change it) that stores times of certain events as text (example: ’10:25 pm’ or ’3:02 am’). This table has an actual date to work with, which is essentially just the date with no time component. Know what I’m going to [...]

Answer Question   |  May 15, 2008  11:53 AM
DateTime, Microsoft Access
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45 pts.

MS Access – Email from form – VAR email receipients
Hello, I have an access dbase and I need to email records (usually one at a time) to different receipients. The receipient name is part of the form and I have a table that lists the name and e-mail address. I am hoping to click a cmd button that will e-mail that individual the record [...]

Answer Question   |  May 21, 2008  6:26 PM
Microsoft Access
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10 pts.

Microsoft Access
I have created an Iff statement where it will compare two fields and return the bigger number. The problem is that instead of compare the numbers as a whole, it compares them digit for digit. Result is that it will return a value of 150 instead of the bigger value of 1040, because the second [...]

Answer Question   |  May 15, 2008  8:06 AM
Microsoft Access
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65 pts.

MS Access ActiveX Control
I am using a MS Form where I am trying to fill in a couple of date fields from a Calendar I inserted using ActiveX controls. How do I go about doing that? Thanks, Asuasol

Answer Question   |  May 13, 2008  6:50 PM
ActiveX, Calendar control, Microsoft Access
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10 pts.