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Consider also maintaining price lists and multiple price lists. At an annual price change, rates will need to be entered in the weeks/days prior. Then on the day of the change all existing rates will need to be replaced with the new rates. Plus, you may need to maintain records of old price...

Maybe you don't need to? If the data is working fine why not just open the two of them from the merged FE? There is no restriction to opening more than one BE database and keeping them open. I often did that in my software. As a for-instance: I had a weighbridge program and a skip hire...

Generally, the certainty of unintended consequences has been the predilection of politicians. However, unintended consequences has also the become the bane of all software developers. As AI is trained by software developers we can only expect a considerable increase in these events. The problem...

Fools & Horses - Chandelier sketch

It is only a matter of time. The plan is to increase prices to ensure that all cars look cheaper if paid for by the mile or on subscription. One plan/dream, that I cannot see happening but it might. Is for car ownership to cease and if you want to go anywhere you will call a driverless car on an...

Sometimes I'd print the statement out on a piece of cardboard, with the message "THIS IS A STIFF REMINDER" in large letters. Occasionally, I'd threaten County Court and they would always pay up then. A solicitor once told me that it was a simple task to do a DIY County Court claim. Providing I...

Many years ago I was at a client's office and she did the Rightclick which I didn't know about then. I thought, "hell I'm supposed to be the expert here, better sharpen up!" Many users don't know that Ctrl+; will copy the cell above in a spreadsheet and a field in a datasheet. They were always...

Well MajP, after all of the years using Access I have to admit, I didn't know about Shift+F2. Probably the single most useful feature I've seen in some time. Plus really useful to be able to expand the entries on editing a Query screen.

I've just had my dog chipped and now use him as a backup device.

The oldest profession is actually the DJ. They've been around since records began.

Just a thought. Why not have an RIP topic? Then this and any more of them can be sat in one place. If someone else is added next week they'll have another topic and we'll end up with the departed scattered all over the place each with a cryptic title. Maybe a new one in Non-Access issues, or...

@DakotaRidge When I supplied software I would take the Microsoft advice of database sizes as maximums and not as a challenge to prove them wrong. It isn't a competition. Yes, sometimes a customer ran databases oversize but I always advised against and refuse to support it. I regarded fixing...

Sometimes I 'll stick some code in the OnCurrent() event and simply refresh certain fields.

Although only slightly related but it brings to mind something I read somewhere years ago. Which was that functions should be stored in Modules rather than on forms for security reasons. It was claimed being in Modules they cannot be decompiled/hacked from an ACCDE as easily, or at all. (can't...

About 18 months ago an Australian politician said that the plus on the end of LBGTQ+ was there for paedophiles. From what I gathered at the time, the comment wasn't universally accepted as fact. But the Aussies do tend to be challenging and a little more direct and less woke than they are in...

Reminds me of the song with the words "sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time" The thing that gets me is when these guys who clearly have nothing to do and little imagination. They actually think this is a hobby and a great event to go and watch. But obviously more friendly than shooting...

IIfley is just a part of Oxford. Oxford is Ok, pleasant to wander around. Our youngest lived there for a few years. There are loads of places like that in England. Broadway, Bourton on the Water, Bibury, The Slaughters, Wallingford all close by. Some actor, Robert Mitchum I think, once said "it...

After a Windows update I'll always check if MS has helpfully switched Telemetry back on. As well as also checking Inking, Tailored Exp, Diagnostic data etc. I do wonder if it is all futile as they clearly state that they will collect some diagnostic data that you cannot switch off. For 'only...

Why not just write your own code to read the file sequentially?