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Compiling Information From Subordinate Databases
I have five subordinate databases I need to dump data from into a master
sixth database at the upper echelon. All the tables are exact duplicates of each other, only the data differs. I need to be able to see all the data from each of the five subordinate files on one table. I have linked all the tables I need from each database and set up master tables to collect all the data for my forms and reports. I have joined the linked tables to my master tables. When I open the linked tables I can see the data from the subordinate file and it updates correctly. I think I need to use a many to one relationship (many Soldiers from the subordinate side to one master table) but Access will only create a one to one relationship. The primary keys are the same on all tables (tables are cloned). |
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I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do.
If you've got both linked and non-linked tables in your master database, you cannot create relationships between them. It's not possible to create relationships between tables unless both tables are in the same database. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... I have five subordinate databases I need to dump data from into a master sixth database at the upper echelon. All the tables are exact duplicates of each other, only the data differs. I need to be able to see all the data from each of the five subordinate files on one table. I have linked all the tables I need from each database and set up master tables to collect all the data for my forms and reports. I have joined the linked tables to my master tables. When I open the linked tables I can see the data from the subordinate file and it updates correctly. I think I need to use a many to one relationship (many Soldiers from the subordinate side to one master table) but Access will only create a one to one relationship. The primary keys are the same on all tables (tables are cloned). |
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I have tables in the subordinate databases that I used the "Link Table"
selection from the pop up menu I got by right clicking in the empty area of the database window to create linked tables in the master database. I then went in to the relationship view and created relationships from the linked tables to my master table. I can see all the data from my subordinate databeses on the linked tables but my master tables are still blank and all my forms, reports, and querries dependent on the master tables are blank as well. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do. If you've got both linked and non-linked tables in your master database, you cannot create relationships between them. It's not possible to create relationships between tables unless both tables are in the same database. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... I have five subordinate databases I need to dump data from into a master sixth database at the upper echelon. All the tables are exact duplicates of each other, only the data differs. I need to be able to see all the data from each of the five subordinate files on one table. I have linked all the tables I need from each database and set up master tables to collect all the data for my forms and reports. I have joined the linked tables to my master tables. When I open the linked tables I can see the data from the subordinate file and it updates correctly. I think I need to use a many to one relationship (many Soldiers from the subordinate side to one master table) but Access will only create a one to one relationship. The primary keys are the same on all tables (tables are cloned). |
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I think you may be misinterpretting what relationships do.
Establishing a relationship doesn't create data. The fact that you've created a relationship will not populate your master tables. As well, as I mentioned previously, while relationships can be created to linked tables, they don't do anything. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... I have tables in the subordinate databases that I used the "Link Table" selection from the pop up menu I got by right clicking in the empty area of the database window to create linked tables in the master database. I then went in to the relationship view and created relationships from the linked tables to my master table. I can see all the data from my subordinate databeses on the linked tables but my master tables are still blank and all my forms, reports, and querries dependent on the master tables are blank as well. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do. If you've got both linked and non-linked tables in your master database, you cannot create relationships between them. It's not possible to create relationships between tables unless both tables are in the same database. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... I have five subordinate databases I need to dump data from into a master sixth database at the upper echelon. All the tables are exact duplicates of each other, only the data differs. I need to be able to see all the data from each of the five subordinate files on one table. I have linked all the tables I need from each database and set up master tables to collect all the data for my forms and reports. I have joined the linked tables to my master tables. When I open the linked tables I can see the data from the subordinate file and it updates correctly. I think I need to use a many to one relationship (many Soldiers from the subordinate side to one master table) but Access will only create a one to one relationship. The primary keys are the same on all tables (tables are cloned). |
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So what your saying is that there is no way access can copy data from one
database to another? "SGT Beene" wrote: I have five subordinate databases I need to dump data from into a master sixth database at the upper echelon. All the tables are exact duplicates of each other, only the data differs. I need to be able to see all the data from each of the five subordinate files on one table. I have linked all the tables I need from each database and set up master tables to collect all the data for my forms and reports. I have joined the linked tables to my master tables. When I open the linked tables I can see the data from the subordinate file and it updates correctly. I think I need to use a many to one relationship (many Soldiers from the subordinate side to one master table) but Access will only create a one to one relationship. The primary keys are the same on all tables (tables are cloned). |
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So what your saying is that there is no way access can take data from one
database and use it to populate another? "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: I think you may be misinterpretting what relationships do. Establishing a relationship doesn't create data. The fact that you've created a relationship will not populate your master tables. As well, as I mentioned previously, while relationships can be created to linked tables, they don't do anything. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... I have tables in the subordinate databases that I used the "Link Table" selection from the pop up menu I got by right clicking in the empty area of the database window to create linked tables in the master database. I then went in to the relationship view and created relationships from the linked tables to my master table. I can see all the data from my subordinate databeses on the linked tables but my master tables are still blank and all my forms, reports, and querries dependent on the master tables are blank as well. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do. If you've got both linked and non-linked tables in your master database, you cannot create relationships between them. It's not possible to create relationships between tables unless both tables are in the same database. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... I have five subordinate databases I need to dump data from into a master sixth database at the upper echelon. All the tables are exact duplicates of each other, only the data differs. I need to be able to see all the data from each of the five subordinate files on one table. I have linked all the tables I need from each database and set up master tables to collect all the data for my forms and reports. I have joined the linked tables to my master tables. When I open the linked tables I can see the data from the subordinate file and it updates correctly. I think I need to use a many to one relationship (many Soldiers from the subordinate side to one master table) but Access will only create a one to one relationship. The primary keys are the same on all tables (tables are cloned). |
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Not at all.
However, it's not an automatic thing. You can link tables from one database to another. You can write queries to populate a table, given the values in one or more other tables (either in the same database or in other databases). None of those things, though, involve creating relationships. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... So what your saying is that there is no way access can take data from one database and use it to populate another? "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: I think you may be misinterpretting what relationships do. Establishing a relationship doesn't create data. The fact that you've created a relationship will not populate your master tables. As well, as I mentioned previously, while relationships can be created to linked tables, they don't do anything. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... I have tables in the subordinate databases that I used the "Link Table" selection from the pop up menu I got by right clicking in the empty area of the database window to create linked tables in the master database. I then went in to the relationship view and created relationships from the linked tables to my master table. I can see all the data from my subordinate databeses on the linked tables but my master tables are still blank and all my forms, reports, and querries dependent on the master tables are blank as well. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do. If you've got both linked and non-linked tables in your master database, you cannot create relationships between them. It's not possible to create relationships between tables unless both tables are in the same database. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "SGT Beene" wrote in message ... I have five subordinate databases I need to dump data from into a master sixth database at the upper echelon. All the tables are exact duplicates of each other, only the data differs. I need to be able to see all the data from each of the five subordinate files on one table. I have linked all the tables I need from each database and set up master tables to collect all the data for my forms and reports. I have joined the linked tables to my master tables. When I open the linked tables I can see the data from the subordinate file and it updates correctly. I think I need to use a many to one relationship (many Soldiers from the subordinate side to one master table) but Access will only create a one to one relationship. The primary keys are the same on all tables (tables are cloned). |
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