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Dec 12

Microsoft Access/SQL Server Query Tip: Finding Records in One Table but Not Another with “Not In” Queries

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Here’s another resource in our ongoing coverage of query techniques:

Learn how to create queries to find all the records in one table that don’t have corresponding records in another table. If you’re not familiar with the difference between Inner Join, Outer Join, Left Join and Right Join, check out our paper on Microsoft Access Outer Join Query: Finding All Records in One Table but Not Another and Creating “Not In” Queries on these important query feature. It’ll save you tons of time trying to code this yourself and will surely give you new ideas on how to better retrieve and analyze your data. The techniques apply to both Microsoft Access and SQL Server queries.

Dec 04

Microsoft Access Delete Query SQL Syntax

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Here’s an additional paper related to our ongoing coverage of queries. This time we’re covering DELETE query syntax in Microsoft Access. In addition to the basics of deleting data and the SQL for DELETE queries, we also cover an interesting situation when DELETE queries fail during multi-table links on non-keyed fields.

If your query fails to delete any records with this message: “Could not delete from the specified tables”, learn why and how to fix it with the DISTINCTROW syntax or setting the Unique Records property to Yes.

For more information on queries in general, read our paper on Microsoft Access Query Tips and Techniques.

Oct 06

FMS Papers Featured on MSDN

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MSDNMicrosoft recently added three of our technical papers to their MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) web site:

We're proud Microsoft recognized our work and look forward to sharing more resources with the developer community.

Aug 03

Total Access Detective Versions X.7 for Access 2003, 2002, and 2000

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With the recent release of Total Access Detective for Access 2007, we're pleased to provide new versions for Microsoft Access 2003, 2002, and 2000 (versions 11.7, 10.7 and 9.7 respectively).

Version X.7 adds many new features including data comparison between two queries, enhanced data comparison options such are comparing two tables when field names are not identical (compare only identical field names or on field order), using the first field as the key field if no key field exists, skipping small numerical data differences, ignoring case differences between modules, improved support for ADP comparisons, etc. Existing customers can upgrade for a nominal fee.

Existing Total Access Detective customers under annual support contracts receive the upgrade for free.

Jul 27

Adding Commonly-used Command Buttons to the Office 2007 Quick Access Toolbar

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In Microsoft Office 2007 programs (Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) the Quick Access toolbar in the upper left corner offers shortcuts to several commonly-used toolbar buttons or commands. By default, it just shows Save, Undo, and Redo. However, you can customize this to add commands that you use often.

Jul 27

Collapsing the Office 2007 Ribbon to get more space in your program

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When moving from earlier versions of Microsoft Office programs (Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) to Office 2007, the new Ribbon can be very difficult to get used to. One common complaint is that it takes up so much space. However, did you know that the ribbon can be easily collapsed to give you extra vertical space?

Jul 22

Total Access Detective 2007 Is Shipping

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Total Access Detective makes it easy to find differences between any two Microsoft Access databases or objects. Know exactly what changed with your properties, fields, indexes, controls, sections, macro lines, VBA module code, and data! Find new, deleted, and modified records. You can even merge data from two tables into a new one.

New features in Version 12 include support for Access 2007 and the new ACCDB database format with multi-value fields, data comparison between two queries, enhanced data comparison options, improved support for ADP comparisons, ignoring case between modules, a more modern user interface, and much more!

Version 11.7, is also available as a new version for Microsoft Access 2003.

Jul 15

Total Visual Agent 2007 is Shipping

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Total Visual Agent is the system administration tool for professionally maintaining your Microsoft Access databases. Our seventh major release, Total Visual Agent 2007 is now shipping with full support for Access 2007 including the Access 2007 ACCDB database format. It incorporates many new features including improved support of Windows NT Service options, ADPs, and a more modern user interface.

Microsoft Access Jet Databases (MDB and ACCDB formats) need to be periodically compacted and repaired for optimal performance. You also need to make regular backups or multiple backups for disaster recovery. Schedule these database chores, manage entire folders or disk drives, and ensure tasks are executed consistently and audited. If something goes wrong, Total Visual Agent can actually send you an email. You can also schedule your own tasks such as running a macro in a database, which can perform all sorts of work such as printing reports, downloads, file transfers, and other processes you want on a regular basis. Tasks can be run monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, or just one time. Schedule your tasks and confidently know they’ll be executed according to your plan.