What I may have learned is that AutoNumber data types in Access are Read Only and cannot be edited.
I am having trouble with the the following SQL Code:
SELECT BaseClassID, BaseClassID+1 as BaseClassIncrement
FROM BaseClasses;
This returned the values in a query:
BaseClassID | BaseClassIncrement
1 | 2
Will it work when in form view after I apply this in command button wizard?
It would be after I selected RunQuery after I close the BaseClasses form.
Afterwards, it will it increments in the form after user reopens it.
How could I improve this task?
JohnDB
As the name of the command suggest, SELECTÂ does not modify the records it selects. In this case you are merely returning a row that contains an increment on that row alone. It does not increment anything.
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Is it possible, if one does not want to take the AutoValue, to take as default value for a Large Integer, or even normal number, the largest value already used for this from the column and add to it?
I need an increment of 4, starting with a number I choose.
I'm using version 2016 of Office.
I found several possible solutions, which I've entered into the expression generator of the default value at Field Properties:
CODE: SELECT ALL
=Max([MyID])+1
Or
CODE: SELECT ALL
=DomMax("MyID"; "Table name")
I always get the error message:
Unknown function 'DMax' in the validity expression or default value in 'MyID.TableName'
I came across the tip that the references under VBA Editor --> Extras --> References must be correct. Here, however, I haven't the slightest idea which of these I would have to activate, if this is the problem at all.
The PrimaryKey of a table can sometimes be used as a part number in a Parts table or a userID in a Users table but otherwise is a number the user of a database should never see and certainly not manipulate. This is the first reason I suggest solution 2.
Solution 1. In Access just like with any other database I have seen that uses SQL, You can create an AutoNumber that increments by 4 using the Data Definition Language part of SQL. Maybe the Access designers considered changing the increment too rare or too advanced to put in the menu system. However, Altering the increment is not hard just open the query designer and go to the sql tab and type in appropriate SQL.
In Access 2007, how do I change the Auto Increment value?
First, Create your table as normal but don't insert any data. Then open the query designer, and open the sql pane (In this case it doesn't matter what you have in the design view as you are over writing any SQL), type
ALTER TABLE MyTableName
ALTER COLUMN MyAutoNumberColumnName AUTOINCREMENT(1,4);
The sql pane's ribbon should auto select Data Definition Language.
Run the query and solution 1 is done. When you enter Data in the table MyAutoNumberColumnName will start at 1 and increment by 4.
Solution 2: Don't use the primary key. Instead create another variable and display it. This is one example why data should be entered using forms. In the form's BeforeInsert Event calculate the variable and set it's textbox.
Private Sub Form_BeforeInsert(Cancel As Integer)
Me.txtBoxAlternateIDColumn.Value = Nz(DMax("MyAlternateIDColumn", "MyTableName") + 4, 1)
End Sub
'NZ handles the annoying case where the table is completely empty
I've used Solution 2 a couple times and I don't let the person doing data entry even see the alternateID textbox on the data entry form.
You can also use a Create Table statement in the DDL
Here is a youtube example of solution 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOg4P6v5ewA
I am fairly new to Pentaho, and while working on it, I have stumbled across a problem. Below is how my flow is:
Read input from a file. Let's say this has 5 columns.
Make some modifications to existing columns. (Filter, modify and all).
Add a new column, which will be equal to an SQL function of the current row data. Example, it can be sum(id, id+1)
Dump to the database.
Step 1,2, 4 are already in place and are working fine. It's Step 3 where I am stuck. I've tried to execute SQL, but that is only for Modifying DDL and doesn't return data. Table input needs data to be in a table already, which isn't the case with me.
I have a workaround, that I can enter all rows in DB, and then fire an update query, but I was hoping if there is a better way to do this.
You can add formula step and in the formula column, you can specify what you want to achieve. For example, your other column+1 and save it in a new field or also replace the existing field value
I have created a form in Access and added a query to insert a row into the database using the values in the form. When I run the query using a macro attached to a button the query appends the same number of rows that exist in the database instead of a single one. I can't understand why. Any help would be appreciated.
Your query pulls not the selected (current) record but all records of the source.
But don't use a query, use the RecordsetClone as shown here:
Duplicate Record with New Primary Key (VBA)
Hi thanks for the replies. It was because I had created a select query first from a Customer table and then changed it to be an append query. So when I checked the SQL for my append query the last line was "From Customer". When I removed this part the append query worked as directed.
In Access VBA, is it possible to find the most recently edited row (Record) in a table?
Example below would be ID 3 as the most recently edited row
Since you are using Access 2010 you can use a Before Change data macro to automatically update a Date/Time field in your table. For example, if you add a Date/Time field named [LastUpdated] then the following macro will update that field whenever a record is inserted or updated:
The advantage of this approach is that it takes place at the table level so the [LastUpdated] field is updated regardless of how the record is inserted or modified. (That is, you don't need to rely on form code to update the field.)
You can add a time stamp field to your table and create a form based on the table. When shown as a table, the form will give you the same functionality as the table itself, but you will be able to set an event AfterUpdate The event can then (over)write the time stamp for that record. You can hide the time stamp control on the form if you like, or set Enabled=False
I have a table with a bunch of different fields. One is named period.
The period is not part of the raw data but I run a query when I import new data to the database that gives each record a period.
Now I need a delete query that will delete all the records that have the same period as what is selected in a combobox.
The values in the combobox come from a calendar table that contain all the possible values that could be in that period column at any time.
This is the basic query i thought would solve this issue but it tells me it is going to delete 0 rows every time I run it:
DELETE *
FROM PlanTemp
WHERE PlanTemp.period = Forms![Plan Form]!Combo163;
If you don't need the key field, just remove it.
Look at the "PROPERTIES" section and look at the column names.
Ether remove it there, or from your QUERY source.
You can also look at the Data section of the properties, and change your BOUND column, to Column 2... or whatever holds the data you want to use.