I am planning to make an application which can import the data from some files and store them in the relevant tables in (MS Access). However, I realised there might be some issues implementing this as it seems that I can't make an executable application with the specified tables hidden in the application.
For more information: the log files have the same structure and I am aiming to import the relevant columns to the tables and then use those data...
Would be great if you know anyway that I can make an executable application while keeping the tables.
You could use a batch file that will open the database and run a particle query or vba code. All the user would do is double click the he batch file.
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I'm not new to Access, but am very new to VBA coding. Our management software is horrible, but it's the best that is available in the industry and I have created many many reports using Access, but have new problem now.
Attachments in the system are stored in one central location and then the file name stored in a SQL table. I have created queries to pull the full file path including the file name. Would it be possible to use some VBA coding to print all the existing PDFs in sequence from the paths returned in the query?
Thank you for any and all help!
Native VBA controls the collections of methods and attributes from Office.
An existent PDF is not the case (Access can create one or open, but not open and print).
To open a file with full path you will need to perform a select from table and perform a loop to shell open file, after that, sendkeys ^P.
But I strongly recomend to use another tool to do it, like Auto Hotkey or AutoIt.
Good Afternoon,
I am in the process of developing in vb.net a simple “cheque printing” application which will allow users to fill in a few text boxes with the values that will be printed on a cheque.
When they hit the print button, the values will be sent to the printer, but I also want the values they input in the text boxes saved to a file, so like a history file of all the cheques that were created.
I am thinking to use either an access database or an excel spreadsheet as my history file, but I am not quite sure on which would be best.
Please note that in my environment storing this information in a SQL database is not an option and also this file will most likely be stored/accessed from the network.
The history file needs to be:
1.Stable (cannot corrupt easy)
2.Reliable
3.Easily exportable in case we need to export the information to one of our in-house systems.
4.editable from the application I am developing
Kindly advise,
A
XML. Save the data to DataTable object and then use the .WriteXML method to save it as an xml file. I'd advise creating a strongly-typed DataTable class for this, so that the XML can be exported with a reliable schema and imported easily.
If you are using different fonts, you could use a .rtf (rich text format) which will save the format of the text that you send to print... it is a universal file format, you can open it with open office, ms office, or any office suite you have...
Access will be best choice,
it's relational database and can make a form from this file to do what are you looking for without VB or any code.
Also you can access this file from network.
for more detail about setting for this file go to this link
http://goo.gl/bOfGp6
and you will find more options complete your work.
I would use a MySQL server. It's free.
XML is also good, but I hate sharing folders...
I am trying to automate a daily monitoring activity where there are set of scripts to be executed(all are select statements). I am in the process of creating a procedure which runs these scripts and by means of scheduler, this will be running daily once. My problem is since these activities are taking place in server side(server backbone), How do i save the results? Earlier we will run all the scripts manually and save it in a notepad. Is there any option to do the same in automation? Like saving in our PC or SQL developer? Instead of logging in to server and searching the path where the file is saved? I thought of saving the results in a table but i am looking for a better option.Please suggest...
Generally it is a good idea to save the results in a table as this gives you flexibility when querying the results or exporting them in multiple formats.
There are multiple options to get the data to the client:
Query the table with the results from the client
Generate a HTML from the results table and have make it accessible from a HTTP server.
You can also create a web PL/SQL package and generate the HTML within (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28424/adfns_web.htm#i1006207)
Export the data from the results table to a file and put it in a shared directory that is accessible by the client.
Email the results from the PL/SQL package.
I thought of saving the results in a table but i am looking for a better option.
What is exactly the issue with the "table" option?
Regarding "saving in our PC or SQL developer": one problem with that is that a PC/app screen is:
a PC is usually less resilient to reboots, crashes, etc.
it's intended for private use. Unless you're working alone - these logs may be of interest to other people;
..
Other options: it can be made to send e-mail; copy the file to a well known place (incl. one which is directly mounted on your PC); write to database table (as already suggested); and more.
I'm looking for a simple solution (beginner to SQL) to allow the import of data from my .csv file to my SQL DB.
I have a third party program that is updating my .csv file every 30 seconds and I want to put that updating information into my SQL DB. I tried the importing & exporting wizard but it didn't work due to the .csv file being utilized by the other third party program.
Getting the information into the SQL DB doesn't need to be in real time it could just retrieve all the information when opening a saved sql query file.
Thank you!
OPENROWSET is the simplest one if you get that working in your env for CSV file. i have seen lot of issues with what OS, and what version of MS office installed with 32bit or 64 bit.
but bit more work and you will be all set with creating a small SSIS package to import that CSV in to table. execute that SSIS using SQL JOB at desired interval. later if you needed more complex insert/update you can always modify the package.
This is the case of producer consumer problem where one process is writing data and another one is reading it.
Whatever you do you need to setup some kind of lock on this file that process can check if file is available for reading/writing. If import/export wizard had issues with concurrency then probably other processes will also.
Another option is to always create new file to write into and have reader process to always read from the newest one and delete it after processing.
One more thing you’ll have to take care of is reading from same file multiple times. You need some way to mark the records that have already been read so these are not inserted twice.
All of the above is needed if this needs to be a fully automated and unattended process.
If not you can just manually create a copy of CSV file and then use import/export wizard to import the data.
Here is another resource you can check out for importing CSV into SQL Server
http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/02/06/sql-server-import-csv-file-into-sql-server-using-bulk-insert-load-comma-delimited-file-into-sql-server/
I have an .mdb file, which is used as a data storage by one particular application. The application itself does not have tools to insert large amounts of data, and I need to insert around 300-400 generated records.
How can this be accomplished without using VB? (since I know nothing about it)
At first I thought that writing a procedure, but from what I can tell Access does not support procedures and functions (which ir really weird), only basic SQL statements.
Is exporting data into other DB like Postgre, writing and running a procedure there, and importing the data back into .mdb file possible? Or there are other solutions?
If you're looking to export data from a specific table then select that table and right click on it. A menu will appear that allows you to export the contents of that specific table. Choose the format (probably .csv or .txt for max flexibility) and then import it whereever and manipulate it accordingly.
If you want to reimport your results then choose from the File -> Get External Data -> Import menu and import your newly manipulated data. That should do it. Just make sure that the data columns align properly with the table your importing into. This shouldn't require any VBA. This advice is pertinent to Access 2003.