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    counting and checking n levels in a recordset

    ideas anyone?
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    counting and checking n levels in a recordset

    well it was nice to see the forum didnt keep my table format.. grrr! right well part of this post was a brainstorming idea, but this is my idea let me give you the updated table structure. ID | PartName | ComopnentID | No. in Stock | PrimaryPart | Installs | 1 | Part X | 2...
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    counting and checking n levels in a recordset

    Hi, I need to work out how many components we have in stock that make up a Part - identified by being the PrimaryPart. Each part has a component, which in turn has another component, but different part have a different number fo sub-components, a simple display of the table I am using is shown...
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    Man Cut His own Penis off!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6586879.stm its a weird feeling laughing and cringing at the same time!
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    The Chinese Army - Hacking Division

    yep those typhoons blow you away.. I work next to an airfield where they do some flight testing and that think does rattle everything in a 5 mil radius its so loud!
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    Large data imports expanding file size

    from ms.. Running the Compact Database utility within Microsoft Access can also improve the performance of the database. This utility makes a copy of the database file and, if it is fragmented, rearranges how the database file is stored on disk. When completed, the compacted database has...
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    The Chinese Army - Hacking Division

    apologies rich i r dyslexic.. as for the competition part think not so high profile as NASA.. think UK and this will give it away think Typhoon ;) the Saudi's reference was the original hint.. lol just googled it and you'l get what what your looking for! As for non-descript characters turning...
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    Joining the Gym...

    I've been considering it since my sporting days have been non-exsistent the last couple years but do you consider it to be worth it or just a waste of money?
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    Best ever movie

    You might need to genre'lise this topic b/c how can you compare say Some Like it Hot to Die Hard? both great films, both very difficult to compare because of how different they are..
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    The Chinese Army - Hacking Division

    Working for a large defense contractor (I wont disclose which one) but its the one which pretty much makes all the 'planes trains & automobiles' for the UK & US army & we do alota work for the other countries such as the Saudies. However as all companies do we had a team day the other day...
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    Database heavily increasing in size over short space of time

    Tools > Database Utilities > Compact And Repair This will shrink it back down for ya.... there is a loada reasons why its gains in size buffers, actual data etc..
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    Distributing my application

    wats your application do?
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    Seeking advice

    From the sounds of it you are trying to create a Sales System Tracking db i.e. Have a root around in the sample db's section you'l find some very insightful stuff in thier & some good starting points. You also need to read up on Normalisation aswell...
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    Unable to import excel spreadsheet to table

    more so i would check your date fields... is their a predefined structure for dates i.e. dd/mm/yyyy if so check that out & check no text is trying to be inserted into a date field of course a date can be inserted into a text field though. Also as i said Access gets funny about ' so if you're...
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    Preventing data deletion

    In the MSDE 2000 User Logins and Permissions Manager make sure the Read only user have db_datareader permissions chk box ticked and nothing else..
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    Unable to import excel spreadsheet to table

    you copy & paste special your excel spreadsheet every day? thats not good db design at all , forgive me for saying! There are so much easier ways! Does this excel file get replaced everyday or just updated? If it gets updated then create a Link-Table to it there for you'l never have to...
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    Please Educate Me.......

    Its weird I'm not sure if this is a general trend within the Access world but in my experience I have found that documentation on Compacting & Repairing a db has always been minimal to say the least. I know at uni we were barely told about it.. just a thought
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    closing the program

    Im not sure i understand your what you're doing a cookie is created on ones computer so that if he/she is to return to that program/site etc.. then essentially their details will be remembered. What your suggesting is that when the user enter their details you save it but as soon as he/she...
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    Copy and Paste Unbound Text Box "Data" to Field On New Record

    So you gotta search form that searches for a ViN Number. Then I assume this is attached to an IF statement saying something along the lines of: IF VIN doesnt exist Then Open form, populate this text box with the VIN blah blah... then you need the user to fill out other details on the form? or...
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    closing the program

    do you have some form of login for the user?
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