by Jonathan Halder | Nov 13, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access Tables, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD
What would your strategy for splitting a form between logic and database record management? I’m honestly asking, because that’s what I’m thinking about today. I’m thinking in terms of creating tests a la TDD style work. Having business logic...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 25, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Tables
SQL Server Express is a version of SQL server you can install on a computer available to all your Access Front End users that will provide a more robust back end than using Access accdb files. How much does it cost? It’s free! So what’s the catch?...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 7, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Queries, MS Access Tables
This morning I was working on a query for a customer report that took me longer than I expected and produced more problems than I expected. I actually had 3 tables named customers, orders, and payments. Customers can have multiple orders, and have a one to many...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 4, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Queries, MS Access Tables, MS Access VBA Coding
The Access 97 database I was trying to get working on my 365 Access was written to scramble data in existing tables in a destructive way so that users of a forum or other developers could look at code without seeing sensitive data. I copied some large tables I had...
by Jonathan Halder | Sep 25, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Tables, MS Access VBA Coding
I have finished coding the solution. I ended up using DAO after all. The solution grabs a collection containing info about the source and target database paths and table names. Then it loops through the collection, opens the target database, deletes the table if it...
by Jonathan Halder | Sep 24, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access Tables, MS Access VBA Coding
I received a task today to update a demo / WIP Access system which will be upgrading an existing Access system. Many parts of the system are the same, the upgrade is meant to address importing data from a new datasource. The customer is currently using both systems...