Find All Queries That Use a Particular Table We just completed a massive 39 database conversion to SQL Server for a client in Tennessee which was quite challenging, we had to not only upsize all the tables, but switch the system from importing/exporting between databases to using linked tables inste [...]
Insert CreatedBy and CreatedOn in Any Missing Data Tables in SQL When we design Access with SQL Server solutions we almost always add CreatedBy and CreatedOn to all of our tables, allowing our clients to see who created records in the Access frontend. Script to add CreatedBy and CreatedOn Automatica [...]
Count All the Objects in Your Database The other day our company was tasked to convert a lot of Access databases to multiple SQL Server backends. To get a sense for the tasks involved, we needed a way to count all the tables, queries, forms and macros in each database. I did a quick Internet search [...]
Use Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0 for the Best Performance [Update] There is a newer version of this post here. In our experience in using linked tables with Access, we get the best response using Native Client 11.0 with DSN-less tables. You could use ODBC 11 for SQL Server but then you wo [...]
Free Online Microsoft Access Tutorials in August August is here! Summer is winding down, but we still have some great MS Access User Group webinars. We’re also happy to announce that we’re launching a new chapter – the Canada Access User Group. If you haven’t attended one of our webinars before, the [...]
Create Delete and Update Audit Tables in Microsoft SQL Server This is a modification to an earlier tip I wrote, whereas this code will only record delete changes, my earlier article will record delete and update changes to the data. I found code online by Brett Kaiser and I modified it for my purpos [...]
9 Microsoft Access Developer Interview Questions A few weeks back, I created a post called 9 Interview questions to ask Microsoft Access Developers, and I challenged my loyal readers to try and answer them. Below are the questions and answers. 1. What is a collection? Answer: A group of objects held [...]
Recently we've been interviewing a lot of Microsoft Access Developers, we don't like to ask your run-of-the-mill questions like, ''Tell me your three strengths and three weaknesses,'' or ''What's your dream job?'' Aside from our vacancy actually being your dream job, we're less interested in the flu [...]
Google to Purchase Microsoft Access! Have you heard the big news with Access? FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION: Google Inc, the search engine giant from Silicon Valley, announced today the purchase of Microsoft Access from Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Redmond Washington. Larry Page, CEO of Googl [...]
Microsoft Access Seminars in Denmark and Spain [EN] We are excited to announce two big events that we are honored to present to you all. This summer Juan Soto, Access MVP and President of IT Impact, will be touring Europe and presenting a one-day MS Access Seminar, Discover the Power of Your Data. I [...]
How to Open Your MS Access Application Like a Custom Application Level of Difficulty Easy Applies to MS Access Versions Access 2000+ Overview: Sometimes, when we create a full blown application, utility, or departmental tool, we only want to see the opening form pop up on the screen and leave the fu [...]
