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Terry Cano

I see two weakness in my db design. BTW I'm self taught so there are two I'm
aware of and many I'm not.
I make a folder for my test db I can only run so many scenerios and move the
relationship around so many times...when do you know when to stop?
I start with a list of what I think I will ever need.
Level 1 Reports and QUERY that we will need on a daily or weekly bases
Level 2 Predict what we may need six months + down the road
Create the tables.....I then find that I'm looking at as many as six to ten
tables
that seems like a lot.
I can use a switchboard to keep the form count down...so should I be
thinking in that direction or ? ? ? ? ?

Archview Apartments
126 units over 250 people all with 2 vehicles....so it isn't that big of a
deal

My other project is creating something for the recording studio. Here I'm
dealing with clients and billing not many though. A ton of information on
songs, sounds used instruments used plug ins...when and what was edited back
up information, submission information, ISRC Codes....that could be six or so
tables.

Suggestions

Thanks

Terry
 
I see two weakness in my db design. BTW I'm self taught so there are two I'm
aware of and many I'm not.
I make a folder for my test db I can only run so many scenerios and move the
relationship around so many times...when do you know when to stop?
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I have no clue what you mean by "scenarios" or "move the relationship around".
I start with a list of what I think I will ever need.
Level 1 Reports and QUERY that we will need on a daily or weekly bases
Level 2 Predict what we may need six months + down the road
Create the tables.....I then find that I'm looking at as many as six to ten
tables
that seems like a lot.
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My animal shelter database currently has 105 tables. I know of many much
larger databases. Six tables is TINY.
I can use a switchboard to keep the form count down...so should I be
thinking in that direction or ? ? ? ? ?
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A switchboard typically lets the user choose which (of many) forms or reports
to open in a user friendly manner. It doesn't (by itself) keep the form count
down; in fact a switchboard IS just another form. Again, I'm not sure what
you're dealing with.
Archview Apartments
126 units over 250 people all with 2 vehicles....so it isn't that big of a
deal
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Ok, one table for units; a second table for people; a third table for
vehicles; one or two more tables to model many to many relationshiips. You're
making the assumption that we can see your table structure, or that you have
communicated it somehow: neither assumption is correct!
My other project is creating something for the recording studio. Here I'm
dealing with clients and billing not many though. A ton of information on
songs, sounds used instruments used plug ins...when and what was edited back
up information, submission information, ISRC Codes....that could be six or so
tables.
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Or twelve or fifteen; so?

You might want to see some of these resources to see how other folks design
databases. Crystal's video might be a good start. If you're not comfortable
with the concept of "Normalization" - learn it!
Suggestions
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Jeff Conrad's resources page:
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/resources.html

The Access Web resources page:
http://www.mvps.org/access/resources/index.html

Roger Carlson's tutorials, samples and tips:
http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/

A free tutorial written by Crystal:
http://allenbrowne.com/casu-22.html

A video how-to series by Crystal:
http://www.YouTube.com/user/LearnAccessByCrystal

MVP Allen Browne's tutorials:
http://allenbrowne.com/links.html#Tutorials
 
Thanks John. for me "moving relationships" around means editing the
relationships .
U r right bout the switch board being another form ...I'll check out the
links you have suggested.......
seperate question is there a way to password protect the table?
I left my asst with a data entry job, came back and she was working in the
data sheet table view....I left the form openfor her, no idea how she got
there but it isn't a good idea...I know that much
 
Yep that's what I do then I think of the relationships I need (many scenerios
and move the relationship around) before I start the table.
I'll get it eventually...
 
Yep that's what I do then I think of the relationships I need (many scenerios
and move the relationship around) before I start the table.
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Don't get too hung up on the "scenarios" (different kinds of data display I'm
guessing).

Instead, think about the Entities - real-life people, things or events -
represented by your database. Each kind of Entity gets its own table. For
example a Customer is one kind of entity; a Product is another; a Sale is yet
another.

Then identify how the tables representing these entities are related:

Each Customer may have zero, one or many Sales
Each Product may have zero, one, or many Sales
Each Sale involves one and only one Customer and one or more Products
 
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