In a form I have a field combo box: "Survey" with two values ('A' and 'B'). When A is selected I would like one of my additional fields "Field_One" to be disabled, and when B is selected I would like "Field_Two" to be disabled. The code I currently tried works as intended only when Value "B" is selected, when value "A" is selected nothing is disabled. And once Field_Two is disabled from selecting value B, changing the selected value back to A does not re-enable Field_Two. Is what I am trying to do possible? Any insight would be appreciated. Private Sub Survey_AfterUpdate () If Survey = "A" Th ..read more

New to Access, not a developer, but a scientist who is using Access on more and more projects. I am putting together a database, and linking items together for functionality from the main menu. Stuck on a few items, one being that I have been able to open a specific report from a listbox, but once I do, I am unable to select another record to open from the listbox. If I do, I get the following error: https://preview.redd.it/lbu6hgdvfxuc1.png?width=1077&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9a4cacb2114140e7a1298a66040f33411f84911 When I press okay, this comes up: https://preview.redd.it/emz0 ..read more

I'm really new to MS Access but I've been able to create a product that works great for our purposes. I have a table that has two date columns. The first is Wednesday of a given week and the second is the following Tuesday. For example, 4/17/2024 and 4/23/2024 respectively. The issue is that the default record when we open the form always brings up record #1 which is 3/6/2024 to 3/12/2024. Is there a way to get it to open the record that has the start day of the week we are currently in or create a button to shows this week's record? submitted by /u/Kenuven [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I am building a database to track HVAC assets (pumps, chillers, boilers, fans, etc.) at a University. These assets have some common parameters like location, manufacturer and model, but there are some parameters that I want to apply to certain types of assets but not others. For example: pumps have a water flow parameter, but not an airflow parameter, while fans have airflow and not water flow. As someone who is just learning database basics, my thought would be to have a general Asset Table with all of the common parameters, and then have a different table for each Equipment Type. These tabl ..read more

I'm following the directions in my text book, but I get this error when I try to create a relationship between these data sets. (I did not create the data sets, they were preloaded for the assigment.) I'm very new to Access. Can anyone tell me what I might be doing wrong based on this screenshot? My prof never gets back to me in a timely way when I have questions, this is my second time turning to a subreddit to try and get my work done for her class smh. https://preview.redd.it/8ntdxrs3nuuc1.png?width=1911&format=png&auto=webp&s=19810844117273304115e1b91b992426f81e0d31 submi ..read more

One of my favorite MS Access experts, Daniel Pineault, just posted a discussion about sharing a Microsoft Access database online between multiple users. Link here: https://www.devhut.net/sharing-a-microsoft-access-database-online-with-multiple-users/ submitted by /u/AdvertisingBest7605 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'd like to import a specific table, but Access displays an error that the operation failed. I'm able to use MS Query in Excel to work with the data, but I prefer to work with it in Access. I'm not the DB administrator so I cannot adjust the number of indexes. This table was millions of records and uses live data, so importing static data would not be a great option. Is there another way to import the table like an openquery or passthrough query? thanks! submitted by /u/Shiforains [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

The goal is to have external users be able to fill out a form on their phone or an iPad and have the data accessible by an Access database. Thinking of a fillable PDF, Word Form, Microsoft Form, other? But then how do we get the data to Access? Would prefer not to use a website/web form for data security and privacy reasons. Hoping to limit the number of steps/automations to reduce the number of potential points of failure. Has anyone done this? Ideas or thoughts? TIA submitted by /u/GermanPearls [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi I have an old school database I'm trying to normalize. The information for each student is recorded in a very large table, but since different students can have the same father, mother or legal representative, I decided to create a tblRepresentative with their info. In the tblStudents I'll have a FatherID, a MotherID and a LegalRepresentativeID, the three related to the same tblRepresentative. Is that ok or should I have a tblFather, a tblMother and a tblRepresentative? If I did the relationship like that, how could I make a query with all the info of the student and their parents? It's ne ..read more

I'm using Access 2010, 32bit in Windows 10. I'm trying to either import or link (don't care which, either will do) to a table in an SQLite 3 database. I have the following ODBC DSNs available, and none is working: SQLite Datasouce SQLite UTF-8 Datasource SQLite3 Datasource Depending on which one I select when I go through external data, odbc database, then enter the path and name of the SQLite database, I get various errors when I try to import or link. With SqLite Datasource, for example, I get the message "file is encrypted or is not a database (#-1)... SQL-SetConnectAttr failed IM06 0 ..read more