by Jonathan Halder | Oct 18, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Queries, MS Access VBA Coding
If you’ve ever wondered whether a SQL statement you executed actually modified any records, there is a property of the DAO database object that can help you. You can get the number of affected records of a DELETE, UPDATE, or INSERT type query immediately after...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 17, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD, Versioning
Back 6 months ago I was asked to add new fields to check for the validity of a line item on an order. This caused me to go through a rather extensive process to break dependencies on an Access form so that I could test it without having to launch the form and build an...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 15, 2024 | Blogging
When the customer is having a problem with the output of the system, my first reaction is to check the logs and try to recreate the problem. In this case, the customer has a number of employees who use the system. He didn’t know why something wasn’t...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 14, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Queries, MS Access VBA Coding
Despite my best efforts, sometimes I end up with complicated code. The logic snakes and wraps around like crazy river rapids. Today, I had such a part of my customer’s database that I was working in and it was not easy. Most of the time this problem occurs...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 9, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access Reports, MS Access VBA Coding
When implementing logging in your Access app, some of the things you might want to log are: Opening and closing of objects which have VBA associated with them. Typically Forms and Reports. Try to add a log message which includes the primary key when you edit or add a...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 7, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Queries, MS Access Tables
This morning I was working on a query for a customer report that took me longer than I expected and produced more problems than I expected. I actually had 3 tables named customers, orders, and payments. Customers can have multiple orders, and have a one to many...
