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    VBA finds string field in detail of report, not in group header

    I'm making a simple code to open a detail report using a clicked text box as a filter. First part works fine, activated on click from the [Fee Description] text box in the header: Private Sub Description_Click() Dim Filter As String Filter = Me.[Fee Description] DoCmd.OpenReport "Tap and...
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    Bypassing 255 field limit in table and forms by splitting out large table into two?

    My bad, I somehow read this as being about the 255 character/field limit.
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    Bypassing 255 field limit in table and forms by splitting out large table into two?

    Cityworks uses something like this for their comment fields to allow unlimited space for comments on each workorder. Their setup is something like this: Workorder: Workorder ID (pk) Workorder details WOComment: CommentID (pk) WorkorderID (fk) SeqID Comments The SeqID field counts...
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    Hi!

    I already posted on a couple of question forums (probably a board faux pas, sorry), but I figure you guys should see my intro first. My name is Tyler, and I'm the Wastewater Utilities Coordinator for a city in the Dallas area. Not sure where the name came from, but I basically do the database...
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    Trouble connecting to .dbf files

    I've been searching for a solution to this, but I can't find anyone discussing the same issue as I have. I'm working in Access 2010 and need to link to a set of .dbf files from our GIS database. Access db will be used for quality control against GIS data, the DBFs are map layers that we export...
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    Assigning a value based on the imported field name?

    Came up with a solution for this after I slept on it. Set the spec to import without using first row as column heading. Then, part of the import query runs a DLookUp to find the column name based in min of ID (auto-numbered), and this gets plugged into the location name in the master table...
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    check duplicate records within same table

    Chris - Do you have a unique primary key in addition to the data you showed us? If not, there's no way to determine which is older. I would add an auto-number primary key field, then query out Max or Min of that field when grouped by other fields. Then you can pull out one of your 2...
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    Assigning a value based on the imported field name?

    Hey guys - I've been getting a lot of help from searching your forums, but I have a problem I haven't been able to solve yet. I'm setting up a db that will house data imported from small sets. One key component is the location the data came from (it's reading water pressure at different points...
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