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    using a Batch file to delete external files

    BACKGROUND: I have an external batch file that is called by MS Access. This backup file makes a copy of the calling MS Access file every time the database is opened. GOAL: What I want to do is now modify the batch file to delete old backups. NAMING CONVENTION: All bacup files are...
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    Calculating Holidays

    It's been more than 10 years since I last needed to solve a similar problem and at that time I did it with VBA. Since holiday dates often change every year, you might need to use a lookup table with pre-populated values. This approach uses 3 steps Step 1: (Here's the very inelegant part) (1)...
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    yet another APPEND query Key Violation...

    This is about as stripped down as I can get it. All records contain bogus information. ________ HOTELS IN MEXICO CITY
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    yet another APPEND query Key Violation...

    vbaInet, There are no linked tables in the DB ________ TOYOTA COROLLA E110
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    yet another APPEND query Key Violation...

    Bob, Thanks for your efforts. I've never been this stumped by an APPEND query before either... ________ Volvo v50 picture
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    yet another APPEND query Key Violation...

    1. DB is just over 10 MB in size - it contains only tables and 1 query 2. All tables are contained directly within a single MS Access file 3. Problem is able to be duplicated after importing the tables and query into a new (empty) MS Access DB ________ MEXICO CITY HOTEL
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    Help with Date / Time quey

    Can you re-post as an MS Access 2000 / 2003 file? We use MS Office 2000 here. ________ Vaporizer review
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    yet another APPEND query Key Violation...

    yes - when I manually create records in both the source table and destination table the autonumber primary key increments correctly. Just out of curiosity, I dropped the autonumber field from the the destination table to see if it would make any difference. The append query still fails. I've...
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    Help with Date / Time quey

    When I run the query below I get the following output Is the 00:00:00 result something you see in a query, a form control, or elsewhere? ________ R2
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    Help with Date / Time quey

    DateDiff(interval, StartDate, EndDate [, firstdayofweek] [, firstweekofyear] ) intervals may be set using the following arguments yyyy Year q Quarter m Month y Day of year d Day w Weekday ww Week h Hour n Minute s Second If you wanted to count days...
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    Help with Date / Time quey

    You might want to try the DateDiff function http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/datediff-function-HA001228811.aspx ________ Buy scale
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    yet another APPEND query Key Violation...

    Source table has an autonumber primary key. Destination table has an autonumber primary key. Neither field is called by my APPEND queries. ________ Extreme vaporizer review
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    yet another APPEND query Key Violation...

    I've reviewed a lot of posts about this problem, but haven't found anything that works for me. No matter what field I pick, I am unable to append values from the source table TBMain to the destination table t10_Person. All records intended to be appended are selected only once, and all 22K...
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    Help needed to read all text files in a folder

    thanks for sharing your code *SMILE* ________ Weed vaporizers
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    Out of Memory Error While Working With Clipboard

    review your code and see if you have error handling in all your code modules. I've noticed that if a function or procedure terminates abnormally, MS Access doesn't always release memory. I have no guarantees that this will help in yoru particular cirumstance. As an aside, I've never figured...
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    sql query

    looks like you are missing the closing semicolin in your SQL Statement ________ Crime Insurance Dicussion
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    scheduling automated database polling

    I would like to develop a MS Access utility that polls an external Oracle database for new records, extracts and processes information from new records in the Oracle environment. (1) I understand how to build a select statement that will look for records where the auto incrementing value in...
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    directory polling

    I would like to develop an MS Access utility that polls an 'input' directory for new files. When files are detected, I want MS Access to open the file, extract content, then move the file to either a 'processed' directory or 'error' directory. (1) I'm unsure how to have MS Access poll a...
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    Question Opening an MDB in "normal" mode

    Opening an MDB in "normal" mode I have some MS Access databases that are shared by several users. There is a need to keep thiese databases in MDB format, but the problem is that users will often open the databases in "Exclusive" mode, and then no one else will be able to use the DB...
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    Problems passing string from Access to Word document with VBA

    Try type casting your string as a variant data type. ________ LIDO
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