Beginners Guide to ODBC
Note: You have option of downloading the PDF attachment or reading the FAQ here. This is an attempt to equip the developers who want to use Access as a front-end client to any RDBMS (Relational...
View ArticleHow to submit a tutorial
Anyone who submits a tutorial that passes editorial review will receive 20 reputation points. This is to reward you for making quality content that will help the Microsoft Access user community for...
View ArticleOrganisation of Public Constants.
Organisation of Public Constants. Keeping track of Public Constants can be difficult. They do not lend themselves to easy organisation and we can not use Intellisense to display them. The method...
View ArticlePointers in VBA.
Pointers in VBA. Don’t get nervous, you use them all the time. What is a Pointer? The answer needs some explanation. Objects, such as Text Boxes, List Boxes, Recordsets, Forms etcetera, are much too...
View ArticleMS Access Naming Conventions
_________________________________________________________ Naming Conventions. This document is aimed at the user who is unfamiliar with any naming convention. It is based upon personal experience and...
View ArticleCommon Class modules in Forms and Reports.
Common Class modules in Forms and Reports. As the title suggests, a Class module can not generally be used for both Forms and Reports if it includes WithEvents in the declaration line for the Control...
View ArticleAutomate processing of Western Names
Perhaps the most fundamental reason for using a database is to process names. Specifically, a process that can automatically parse a name into its constituent name parts and provide a method in which...
View ArticleUser Pick Lists
Here is my example of a user pick list. The user can pick items from a list (dbl-click) the items are added to a Picked list table. This table can be joined to the main table to pull ONLY the items...
View ArticleComputing Trend Lines - "How To"
Earlier this month someone came up with a question about trend lines and I made an off-handed reference that it might be done simply via a query and a quick & dirty recordset operation. So I...
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VBA educational material
I am currently teaching 2 beginners the VBA language. One in Asia and one in Europe. So I thought I would post these 31 lessons I have written for them. If you are a beginner, you might be able to make...
View ArticleAdding transparent .png images to command buttons
I couldn't find anything on how you could get a transparent image as your buttons image. I did find one post HERE on Tek-Tips that briefly explained a work around so I tried it and it worked. I created...
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SQL Join Types
I built a teaching database for a class I'm giving and I thought I'd share a part of it with you. This is a report showing all the join types with SQL and a Venn diagram to help you to understand what...
View ArticleVideo Tutorials
I have created a few video tutorials to help people learn Microsoft Access. Over time, I hope to add to them and build up a collection, time permitting. For a nicely formatted index of videos, go here:...
View ArticleOn Dirty
When a record is accessed, the first time any bound control on a bound form has data entered/edited, the form becomes Dirty and the OnDirty event is executed. Sounds simple, but this is Access, so...
View ArticleAltenative to W3School for learning SQL
Hi, I have started learning SQL queries from last week. I am taking help from SQL Tutorial (w3schools.com) Have covered almost all the queries listed there. Facing issues with 2/3 queries even with...
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Bad Data is Bad for Business #1 and #2
I just added #2 --- that link is further down. It is much shorter than #1. I also added a copy of the database I used for the video. Enjoy I created a database to help people to understand how and why...
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