We'll be importing from Excel into Access. The Name would be the commonality
between them. A new record would show up if they've renewed or added on to
their contract. We want to be able to tag new deals and be able to compare
new events with their older events?

Thank you!!!



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Thank you in advance!!!!


"John W. Vinson" wrote:

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:46:01 -0700, daisy
wrote:

Hi, I am trying to create an access database that has historical data and new
data is imported in monthly. I need it to be able to check each time if it's
a new member before it dumps into the data. If it's new it needs to be
tagged new? And then I need to be be able to run comparisons on future data
to that first event? What's the best way to clone the records together?

1) Do I create a working table (holds everything)
2) Create a temp table (monthly table)
3) Somehow run something that checks and tags? How do I do this?
4) Then append?

Depends. What are you importing *from*? A text file, a spreadsheet, another
Access database table, something else? What constitutes a "new" record? Do you
have a unique primary key in your table? in the import? If a record has an
identical unique key but different data, do you want to overwrite the existing
data, add a new record, generate a warning, or what?

More info please!
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John W. Vinson [MVP]
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