I have the following code:
Private Sub Command134_Click()
Dim strInsert As String
Set db = CurrentDb()
strInsert = "INSERT INTO [SEMP Documentation] (Staff_Name) VALUES " & (Staff_Name.Value) & ");"
MsgBox (strInsert)
Debug.Print staffname
db.Execute staffname, dbFailOnError
End Sub
Staff_Name is a combo box on a Microsoft Access form that has the name of 10 or so individuals, each with their own index.
The message box has the Staff_Name.Value call producing the index rather than the actual text name. For reference, the values in the combo box are pulled from a table, where the first column is the staff's index and the second column is the staff's name.
The user picks which person they are.
Secondly, the db.Execute statement fails; the table name is SEMP documentation that I am trying to insert into - "The Microsoft Access database engine cannot find the input table "
any help appeciated
try this
"INSERT INTO [SEMP Documentation] (Staff_Name) VALUES ('" & (Staff_Name.Value) & "');"
2nd prob is
db.Execute staffname, dbFailOnError
should be db.Execute strInsert, dbFailOnError
Related
In Access I have a form with a series of checkboxes that correspond to columns in a table and would like to export only the selected columns to Excel with some columns always being exported.
I think the logic should be something like:
CurrentProject.Connection.Execute "SELECT Date, Country, Retailer INTO temp FROM table1 WHERE 1=0"
If optionSKU.Value = True Then
CurrentProject.Connection.Execute "ALTER TABLE temp ADD COLUMN SKU FROM table1"
'repeat for all options
End If
CurrentProject.Connection.Execute "INSERT INTO temp("All relevant data from table1")"
DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputTable, temp, acFormatXLSX, thePath, True
I would just create the SQL, then execute it and export the temp table:
Sql = "Select [Date], Country, Retailer"
If Me!CheckBoxField1.Value Then
Sql = Sql & ", Field1"
End If
If Me!CheckBoxField2.Value Then
Sql = Sql & ", Field2"
End If
' etc.
If Me!CheckBoxFieldn.Value Then
Sql = Sql & ", Fieldn"
End If
Sql = Sql & " Into Temp From Table1"
CurrentProject.Connection.Execute Sql
i am trying to append some records from a certain table to a new table ,
when i try it i am unable to append to the values
to the new table i.e "Table1" in this case what might be the reason for the data not getting appended to the table?
From what I can tell from your code you are just appending records from one table in your database into another table in the same database. You don't need to use a Recordset object to accomplish this; an INSERT INTO query will accomplish what you want.
Dim strSQL as String
Dim db as DAO.Database
Set db = CurrentDb
strSQL = "INSERT INTO Table1 ( UPI, COMPANY ) " & _
"SELECT INPUT_TBL.ID, INPUT_TBL.COMPANY FROM INPUT_TBL"
db.Execute strSQL, dbFailOnError
Set db = Nothing
Note that I used CurrentDb for the db object, under the assumption that the current database is the same one at C:\Users\test.accdb. If that's not the case, then you will need to do one of two things:
If you can add both of these tables as linked tables to the database you are running this code in, you can just use the same code as above. Instructions on how to add tables from an external database to your current database are available here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/import-or-link-to-data-in-another-access-database-HA001227658.aspx#BM3 and many other places on the internet.
If you can't add linked tables to your database for some reason, you can add IN clauses to the previous SQL string, which would become:
Dim strSQL as String
Dim db as DAO.Database
Dim dbname as String
Set db = CurrentDb
dbname = "C:\Users\test.accdb"
strSQL = "INSERT INTO Table1 ( UPI, COMPANY ) IN """ & dbname & """ " & _
"SELECT INPUT_TBL.ID, INPUT_TBL.COMPANY FROM INPUT_TBL IN """ & dbname & """"
db.Execute strSQL, dbFailOnError
Set db = Nothing
This code would allow you select the data from Table1 in the external database and add it to INPUT_TBL in the same external database.
I am fairly new to using VBA in MS Access and I am having trouble embedding SQL statements into VBA code. I have a database with almost 200 tables, and I would like to change the data type of one column (named lake) in each table to a "text" data type. I wrote the following code, but keep getting a syntax error for the ALTER TABLE statement.
Public Sub changeDataType()
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim table As DAO.TableDef
Set db = CurrentDb
For Each table In db.TableDefs
DoCmd.RunSQL "ALTER TABLE" & table.Name & "ALTER COLUMN [lake] TEXT(100);"
Next
Set db = Nothing
End Sub
Can anyone tell me why I'm getting the syntax error?
Thanks,
Paul
this statement will not be correct:
DoCmd.RunSQL "ALTER TABLE" & table.Name & "ALTER COLUMN [lake] TEXT(100);"
if, for instance "table.Name" = "myTable", the resulting statement will look like this:
DoCmd.RunSQL "ALTER TABLEmyTableALTER COLUMN [lake] TEXT(100);"
try adding a space to separate the name, like this:
DoCmd.RunSQL "ALTER TABLE [" & table.Name & "] ALTER COLUMN [lake] TEXT(100);"
at the first, I should explain my scenario to declare what I will do:
I want to merge records in one Table and then save them in another table.
Why?
I had a very complex query which needs long time to run and give back the result. I decided to divide this query into two query and save the resulat of the first query into a table and then the second query use the new generated table
the source table is often updated and the generated table must be generated too
If I use this code on my VBA this error occured:
Error 3010 Table already exist
Set db = CurrentDb
ssql = "SELECT DISTINCT tb_KonzeptDaten.DFCC, " _
& "tb_KonzeptDaten.OBD_Code AS Konzept_Obd,tb_KonzeptDaten.DFC " _
& "INTO Test_Table FROM tb_KonzeptDaten"
db.Execute ssql, dbFailOnError
RecordsUpdated = db.RecordsAffected
have you any idea ? do we have another SQL statement to do this job?
You can delete the table in VBA if it already exists and then run the query.
tblName = "TableX"
tbl = DLookup("Name", "MSysobjects", "Type=1 and Name='" & tblName & "'")
If Not IsNull(tbl) Then
DoCmd.DeleteObject acTable, tbl
End If
Or
Set db = CurrentDb
ssql = "DELETE FROM Test_Table"
db.Execute ssql, dbFailOnError
ssql = "INSERT INTO Test_Table SELECT DISTINCT tb_KonzeptDaten.DFCC, " _
& "tb_KonzeptDaten.OBD_Code AS Konzept_Obd,tb_KonzeptDaten.DFC " _
& "FROM tb_KonzeptDaten"
db.Execute ssql, dbFailOnError
I am trying to create a check constraint on an access (jet?) table.
So, I open the .mdb file with access, go into queries->create query in design view,
type esc, then menu->view->query and finally type
create table X (
a number,
check (a > 20)
)
but access thinks that I have a "syntax error in field definition". However, I don't think so. Therefore my question: is it possible to create a check constraint with access. If so: how.
Additionally, I'd like to create the constraint with dao/vba, not on the GUI. Is that possible?
And lastly, on a slightly related note: how do you enter sql statements into access. I can't imagine that I have to use the queries->design view->query->view route in order to do that. I am used to Oracle's SQL*Plus, which I like very much, and I'd hope there's something similar for access as well.
Thanks for any input
Rene
Here are some notes.
You can create a Pass-Through query for Oracle (Select menu "Query" > "SQL Specific" > "Pass-Through")
Since Access 2003, you can select SQL Server Compatible Syntax (ANSI 92) (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA010345621033.aspx)
A validation rule with VBA / DAO
''Reference: Microsoft DAO x.x Object Library
Dim tdf As TableDef
Dim db As Database
Set db = CurrentDb
Set tdf = db.TableDefs("Table1")
tdf.Fields("aDouble").ValidationRule = "<10"
tdf.Fields("aDouble").ValidationText = "Must be less than 10"
Constraints with ADO / VBA. See [Intermediate Microsoft Jet SQL for Access 2000](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140015(office.10).aspx)
''Reference: Microsoft ADO Ext. x.x for DDL and Security
Dim cn As ADODB.Connection 'For action queries
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset 'For select queries
Dim s As String
Dim RecordsAffected As Long
Set cn = CurrentProject.Connection
''You can store sql in a table
s = DLookup("SQLText", "sysSQL", "ObjectName='q1'")
''Result: CREATE TABLE tblCreditLimit (LIMIT DOUBLE)
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
''You can run queries from VBA
s = "INSERT INTO tblCreditLimit VALUES (100)"
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
s = "CREATE TABLE tblCustomers (CustomerID COUNTER, CustomerName Text(50))"
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
s = "INSERT INTO tblCustomers VALUES (1, 'ABC Co')"
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
s = "ALTER TABLE tblCustomers " _
& "ADD COLUMN CustomerLimit DOUBLE"
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
''You can add contraints using ADO like so:
s = "ALTER TABLE tblCustomers " _
& "ADD CONSTRAINT LimitRule " _
& "CHECK (CustomerLimit <= (SELECT LIMIT " _
& "FROM tblCreditLimit))"
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
s = "UPDATE tblCustomers " _
& "SET CustomerLimit = 200 " _
& "WHERE CustomerID = 1"
''Error occurs here
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
s = "UPDATE tblCustomers " _
& "SET CustomerLimit = 90 " _
& "WHERE CustomerID = 1"
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
''Clean up
''You cannot do this through the database window,
''because of the constraint.
s = "ALTER TABLE tblCustomers DROP CONSTRAINT LimitRule "
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
s = "DROP TABLE tblCustomers "
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
s = "DROP TABLE tblCreditLimit "
cn.Execute s, RecordsAffected
Debug.Print RecordsAffected
There is Validation rule on a column.
You can use VB for Access. no SQL*Plus here...
You can always use SQL Express as a data source - with all the benefits of real sql server and use access only as a front.
To do this in Access, you need to first open the interface into ANSI-92 Query Mode. I've tested your SQL DDL code: it works fine and creates a column of type FLOAT (Double).
Is is not possible to do this using DAO but you can use ADO. Long story short: CHECK constraints were introduced into the engine in the Jet 4.0 era when the Access Team were favouring ADO. With effect from Access2007, the Access Team are back to favouring DAO but have yet to plug the Jet 4.0 'holes' in DAO. So for the majority of Jet 4.0 -only functionality (compressible data types, fixed-length text data types, fast foreign keys, etc) you need to use ADO.
You can’t use standard ANSI in the query builder UNLESS you set the database as sql ansi compatible. If you do change this setting, then you CAN can use the sql in the query builder as you have. I would not recommend changing this setting for existing databases however.
If you do, you could type in:
CREATE TABLE z1
(id int IDENTITY , FirstName CHAR, LastName CHAR, SSN INTEGER ,
check (id < 20),
constraint Mypk primary key (id) )
In you don’t need to save the sql in the query builder, and just want to type in the sql, then simply whack ctrl-g to get the access command line prompt, and you can then type in:
currentproject.Connection.Execute "CREATE TABLE
z1(id int IDENTITY , FirstName CHAR, LastName CHAR, SSN INTEGER ,
check (id < 20),
constraint Mypk primary key (id) )"
The above would be typed on one line. So, you can use the command line prompt if you want..