http://www.databasedev.co.uk Database Solutions for Microsoft Access from databasedev.co.uk. Database design and implementation articles, tips, tricks, code samples, Access FAQ's, Access Help and Free downloadable database and data model examples. en-us http://www.databasedev.co.uk/img/dbdev.jpg http://www.databasedev.co.uk 125 38 http://www.databasedev.co.uk/create-many-to-many-relationship.html Sat, 05 Feb 2010 21:30:00 GMT Why And How To Create A Many-To-Many Relationship: To create a many-to-many relationship between the Orders and Products tables, we need to create a join table between them like the Products_Orders table in this example. The primary key of the join table is the combination of the primary keys of the tables that we would like to join in a many-to-many relationship..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/concatenation_using_iif_function.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:44:00 GMT Microsoft Access 2007 Pure SQL: Conditional concatenation with the iif() function. Sometimes, we might not want to apply the same concatenation rules for all of the records in the query. We can absolutely do this by using conditional statements and the iif() function in particular...... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/access2007-pure-sql.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:30:00 GMT This book provides the database professional and power user with more than 300 working solutions for daily business tasks. The goal has been to reduce needless writing and concentrate on the daily needs of database usage and development. Download the Free Sample Chapter..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/export-table-to-enterprise-db.html Tue, 28 Aug 2008 21:30:00 GMT Exporting a table from Microsoft Access to EnterpriseDB: Postgres is the well known and most used Open Source OLTP database available today which is claimed to be as good as or even better than MySQL. EnterpriseDB is Postgres packaged differently to provide enterprise capabilities to Postgres users. EnterpriseDB is available for Windows platform as well..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/microsoft-sync-framework.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:30:00 GMT Introducing the Microsoft Sync Framework: Data synchronization is a great feature - it ensures that the data at the source and destination is in sync to each other. The Sync Framework is a Microsoft technology that can deal with the dilemma of occasionally connected systems. It is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline and online access for applications, services, and devices..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/text_files.html Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:15:00 GMT Using Text Files with Microsoft Access: Microsoft Access through VBA makes it easy for us to interact with the system files. In this article we will explore how to manipulate text files through Microsoft Access. To use files with Access we will have to use the file system object or FSO. The File System Object is basically a class that contains properties, methods and attributes that all relate to manipulating files..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/dashboard-builder.html Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:30:00 GMT Product Review: Dashboard Builder for Microsoft Access Dashboard Builder is one of several Microsoft Access tools OpenGate Software offers. Aimed at anyone that needs to summarize and visualize their Access data, Dashboard Builder helps users to create metrics and graphs and combine them into compact dashboards..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/docmd_object.html Thu, 07 May 2009 22:30:00 GMT Using the DoCmd object: The DoCmd object is one of many objects that is offered by the Access environment. It's parent is the Application object. One of the common uses of the DoCmd object is with Macros. .... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/iron_speed_designer.html Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:00:00 GMT Iron Speed Designer generates standard .NET code in C# and Visual Basic .NET. You enjoy unrestricted access to 100% of the code. In addition, there are no run-time license fees or special server software requirements for applications built with Iron Speed Designer. The tool supports four databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft Access. .... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/hyperlinks-in-ms-access Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:30:00 GMT Creating Hyperlinks With Microsoft Access: Since Microsoft Access 2003, Microsoft has introduced hyperlinks in Access. What is a hyperlink? It is basically a textual representation of a location or object such as a file..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/database-recovery.html Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT Database recovery - how to repair a Microsoft Access file: There are many things that can go wrong with an Access database that will corrupt it and render it useless. An invalid procedure call or argument, out of memory errors, an array that is temporarily locked or fixed, there are literally hundreds of errors that can corrupt a Microsoft database..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/access2007_collect_email_data.html Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:00:00 GMT Collect data by using e-mail messages in Microsoft Access 2007: This tutorial deals with a new feature introduced to Access 2007. The new Access 2007 feature allows you to gather information in the email form based on two main approaches: HTML or InfoPath.... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/access2007_backup.html Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMT Backing up a Microsoft Access 2007 Database: One of the rules of protecting your work and data is backing it up. You should consider doing the backup before you run an active query which will delete or change records because Undo cannot fix any change done by that manner. In general, it's advisable to back-up the database right after you populated the tables and before you run any query..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/ado-net-entity-framework.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:30:00 GMT This article takes a look at the upcoming ADO.NET Entity Framework, its features and benefits. It also discusses why it promises to be the technology of choice for the next generation of data access using ADO.NET. The primary objective of the ADO.NET Entity Framework is to objectify your application?s data - add a level of abstraction on top of the relational model. In raising this level of abstraction, you can isolate the logical model of your application's data from the relational model..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/data_source_controls_2.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:45:00 GMT Working with the New Data Source Controls in ASP.NET (Part II): In the earlier part in this series, Working with the New Data Source Controls in ASP.NET (Part I), we discussed the ObjectDataSource, AccessDataSource and SqlDataSource controls. In this concluding part in this series of articles on data source controls, we will discuss the XmlDataSource, LinqDataSource and the newly added EntityDataSource controls..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/data_source_controls.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:05:00 GMT Working with the New Data Source Controls in ASP.NET (Part I): With ASP.NET 2.0 and after, you are introduced to a bunch of new data source controls, i.e., LinqDataSource, ObjectDataSource, XmlDataSource, SqlDataSource, etc. You can use the newly added data source controls of ASP.NET 2.0 to implement CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations in your applications without having to write much code..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/generate-web-apps.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:15:00 GMT Generate database and reporting applications for .NET in minutes. Quickly create visually stunning, feature-rich Web 2.0 applications that are easy-to-customize and ready-to-deploy. Iron Speed Designer eliminates routine infrastructure programming, freeing you to focus on your business logic. Simply point to an existing database and let the Iron Speed Designer wizards build a sophisticated, database-driven application that's ready to deploy..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/access2007_mail_merge.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:30:00 GMT Creating a Mail Merge from Microsoft Access 2007 Data: Mail merge is a very efficient tool when you need to use data from your databases to create letters, envelopes, labels, etc. Microsoft Access 2007 allows you to do this is two ways: either link to an existent Microsoft Word document or create a new document..... http://www.databasedev.co.uk/access2007_summing.html Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:15:00 GMT Summing in a Microsoft Access 2007 Report: In any Microsoft Access report which contains numbers, you can use several mathematical operations, such as totals, percentages, averages and running sums. In all cases, they make the data more understandable......