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[richiepearce1966]

I am going to have a huge learning curve ahead of me whilst I try and build myself a database. Glad to have found this great resource.

 

[Jon]

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[bob fitz]

I am going to have a huge learning curve ahead of me whilst I try and build myself a database. Glad to have found this great resource.

Welcome to the forum . Yes, the curve is steep but there are many knowledgeable and helpful members.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I am going to have a huge learning curve ahead of me whilst I try and build myself a database. Glad to have found this great resource.

Building your own database is the best way to learn. Start out small, build something that helps you in one particular area of your business, the part of your business that would benefit most from the database.

After that you can start adding extra useful bits.

To make sure it all fits together nicely it's a good idea to explain exactly what you envision your database will do. Post that here and ask for critique and you will get some!

It's very easy to build a database in the wrong way. If you do build it wrong, it will work, up until it doesn't and when you get to that stage, it's an almighty pain in the proverbial to fix.

I wrote a blog about it here. (Most people are transitioning from Excel to ms Access)

Excel in Access - Nifty Access

Excel in Access - Problem & Solution! One of the most frequent problems I see is people confusing MS Access with Microsoft Excel. This leads to fundamental design errors. Now, the problem is, this error "A Major Error" does not become apparent straight away. Unfortunately your database will work...

www.niftyaccess.com

 

[theDBguy]

Hi. Welcome to AWF!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Hello and welcome to the forums.

Uncle Gizmo's advice is good. To learn Access, don't start with an overly ambitious project. Start small and build on it.

Since you admit to having a big learning curve, I'm going to offer you a suggestion on something useful to read. In this forum, you can search for the word "Normalization" and get some useful articles that contain useful references. If you take that search to the web, you must search for "Database Normalization" because there are at least six different non-database subjects that ALSO discuss normalization - e.g. math, chemistry, and diplomacy for three - and there are others. IF you go for a web search, you'll get hits all over the place. Look at a few of the .EDU domain hits first, only because the .COM domains on the subject often have something to sell you.