Update queries

I am trying to set up an update query to update 12 holidays for 20 people.
But this is my first time doing an update query. The user picks a holiday,
and based on that choice each person gets the holiday off and their number of
holidays given is displayed. The only fields on the form are the employee's
name, holiday, holiday_hrs, holiday_date. Does anyone have any suggestions
or hints to help me out.

Matt

It's not what's on the form that matters, it's what's in the tables. When
you say 'update 12 holidays for 20 people', what does that mean in terms of
which fields you want to set to what values in which records of which
tables?

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up an update query to update 12 holidays for 20 people.
But this is my first time doing an update query. The user picks a
holiday,
and based on that choice each person gets the holiday off and their number
of
holidays given is displayed. The only fields on the form are the
employee's
name, holiday, holiday_hrs, holiday_date. Does anyone have any
suggestions
or hints to help me out.

Matt

On the table there is a list of 20 names. Each name get every holiday and a
set number of holiday hours for it. I am trying to update the table so that
when the update query runs, every name get all 12 holidays. On the table I
want it to show the name, the holiday and their holiday hours for all 20
names, it should display all 12 holidays for all 20 names.

Matt

"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

It's not what's on the form that matters, it's what's in the tables. When
you say 'update 12 holidays for 20 people', what does that mean in terms of
which fields you want to set to what values in which records of which
tables?

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up an update query to update 12 holidays for 20 people.
But this is my first time doing an update query. The user picks a
holiday,
and based on that choice each person gets the holiday off and their number
of
holidays given is displayed. The only fields on the form are the
employee's
name, holiday, holiday_hrs, holiday_date. Does anyone have any
suggestions
or hints to help me out.

Matt

If I understand this correctly, you've answered two of the four questions to
which I would need answers in order to be able to help you. It seems that
you want to update all records in one table. But I still have no answer to
the other two questions - what values you want to put into what fields? Your
update query will look something like this ...

UPDATE YourTableName SET YourFieldName(s) = YourValue(s)

.... but given the information provided so far, there is no way for me to
know what "YourFieldName(s)" or "YourValues(s)" should be.

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
On the table there is a list of 20 names. Each name get every holiday and
a
set number of holiday hours for it. I am trying to update the table so
that
when the update query runs, every name get all 12 holidays. On the table
I
want it to show the name, the holiday and their holiday hours for all 20
names, it should display all 12 holidays for all 20 names.

Matt

"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

It's not what's on the form that matters, it's what's in the tables. When
you say 'update 12 holidays for 20 people', what does that mean in terms
of
which fields you want to set to what values in which records of which
tables?

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up an update query to update 12 holidays for 20
people.
But this is my first time doing an update query. The user picks a
holiday,
and based on that choice each person gets the holiday off and their
number
of
holidays given is displayed. The only fields on the form are the
employee's
name, holiday, holiday_hrs, holiday_date. Does anyone have any
suggestions
or hints to help me out.

Matt

I am sorry, I don't mean to make this hard. I am teaching myself as I go.
The field names are :
EMP_NAME: employee's name
HOLIDAY: holiday
H_HRS: holiday hours (8,7,5,4.4, or 3.2)
H_DATE: holiday's date

The holidays a
New Years 1/1/04
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/19/04
Washington's Birthday 2/16/04
Memorial Day 5/31/04
Independence Day 7/04/04
Labor Day 9/6/04
Columbus Day 10/11/04
Election Day 11/02/04
Veteran's Day 11/11/04
Thanksgiving Day 11/25/04
Day after Thanksgiving 11/26/04
Christmas Day 12/25/04

Basically I want the table to look like this:

EMP_NAME HOLIDAY H_DATE H_HRS
Matt NewYrs 1/01/04 8
Jen NewYrs 1/01/04 7
Matt ID4 7/04/04 8
Jen ID4 7/04/04 7

but for all the holidays in the order the holidays occur during the year.

Matt
"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

If I understand this correctly, you've answered two of the four questions to
which I would need answers in order to be able to help you. It seems that
you want to update all records in one table. But I still have no answer to
the other two questions - what values you want to put into what fields? Your
update query will look something like this ...

UPDATE YourTableName SET YourFieldName(s) = YourValue(s)

.... but given the information provided so far, there is no way for me to
know what "YourFieldName(s)" or "YourValues(s)" should be.

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
On the table there is a list of 20 names. Each name get every holiday and
a
set number of holiday hours for it. I am trying to update the table so
that
when the update query runs, every name get all 12 holidays. On the table
I
want it to show the name, the holiday and their holiday hours for all 20
names, it should display all 12 holidays for all 20 names.

Matt

"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

It's not what's on the form that matters, it's what's in the tables. When
you say 'update 12 holidays for 20 people', what does that mean in terms
of
which fields you want to set to what values in which records of which
tables?

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up an update query to update 12 holidays for 20
people.
But this is my first time doing an update query. The user picks a
holiday,
and based on that choice each person gets the holiday off and their
number
of
holidays given is displayed. The only fields on the form are the
employee's
name, holiday, holiday_hrs, holiday_date. Does anyone have any
suggestions
or hints to help me out.

Matt

I don't think you can do what you want with an update query. An update query
changes values in existing records, but I think you probably need to add new
records that don't exist yet. You can do that with an append query, but
again, you need to tell the append query, in very precise terms, exactly
what values to put into each field.

I think you probably need to reconsider your database design. I can't be
completely sure, because I don't have enough information, but I suspect that
you probably need three tables rather than one, Employees, Holidays, and an
intermediate linking table, for example let's call it EmployeeHolidays, to
model the many-to-many relationship between employees and holidays (one
employee takes many holidays, one holiday is taken by many employees).

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
I am sorry, I don't mean to make this hard. I am teaching myself as I go.
The field names are :
EMP_NAME: employee's name
HOLIDAY: holiday
H_HRS: holiday hours (8,7,5,4.4, or 3.2)
H_DATE: holiday's date

The holidays a
New Years 1/1/04
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/19/04
Washington's Birthday 2/16/04
Memorial Day 5/31/04
Independence Day 7/04/04
Labor Day 9/6/04
Columbus Day 10/11/04
Election Day 11/02/04
Veteran's Day 11/11/04
Thanksgiving Day 11/25/04
Day after Thanksgiving 11/26/04
Christmas Day 12/25/04

Basically I want the table to look like this:

EMP_NAME HOLIDAY H_DATE H_HRS
Matt NewYrs 1/01/04 8
Jen NewYrs 1/01/04 7
Matt ID4 7/04/04 8
Jen ID4 7/04/04 7

but for all the holidays in the order the holidays occur during the year.

Matt
"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

If I understand this correctly, you've answered two of the four questions
to
which I would need answers in order to be able to help you. It seems that
you want to update all records in one table. But I still have no answer
to
the other two questions - what values you want to put into what fields?
Your
update query will look something like this ...

UPDATE YourTableName SET YourFieldName(s) = YourValue(s)

.... but given the information provided so far, there is no way for me to
know what "YourFieldName(s)" or "YourValues(s)" should be.

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
On the table there is a list of 20 names. Each name get every holiday
and
a
set number of holiday hours for it. I am trying to update the table so
that
when the update query runs, every name get all 12 holidays. On the
table
I
want it to show the name, the holiday and their holiday hours for all
20
names, it should display all 12 holidays for all 20 names.

Matt

"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

It's not what's on the form that matters, it's what's in the tables.
When
you say 'update 12 holidays for 20 people', what does that mean in
terms
of
which fields you want to set to what values in which records of which
tables?

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up an update query to update 12 holidays for 20
people.
But this is my first time doing an update query. The user picks a
holiday,
and based on that choice each person gets the holiday off and their
number
of
holidays given is displayed. The only fields on the form are the
employee's
name, holiday, holiday_hrs, holiday_date. Does anyone have any
suggestions
or hints to help me out.

Matt

Thanks for the help Brendan, but I did find a way to do it with an update
query. All of the holidays are on a separated table that are accessed
through a drop down box by their respective dates. When the user clicks the
update button on the form, it runs the update query and stores the date and
holiday with each name. I then have a merge query running that takes all the
data and copies into the main table. This is then repeated for each holiday.
Thanks again for you assistance.

Matt

"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

I don't think you can do what you want with an update query. An update query
changes values in existing records, but I think you probably need to add new
records that don't exist yet. You can do that with an append query, but
again, you need to tell the append query, in very precise terms, exactly
what values to put into each field.

I think you probably need to reconsider your database design. I can't be
completely sure, because I don't have enough information, but I suspect that
you probably need three tables rather than one, Employees, Holidays, and an
intermediate linking table, for example let's call it EmployeeHolidays, to
model the many-to-many relationship between employees and holidays (one
employee takes many holidays, one holiday is taken by many employees).

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
I am sorry, I don't mean to make this hard. I am teaching myself as I go.
The field names are :
EMP_NAME: employee's name
HOLIDAY: holiday
H_HRS: holiday hours (8,7,5,4.4, or 3.2)
H_DATE: holiday's date

The holidays a
New Years 1/1/04
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/19/04
Washington's Birthday 2/16/04
Memorial Day 5/31/04
Independence Day 7/04/04
Labor Day 9/6/04
Columbus Day 10/11/04
Election Day 11/02/04
Veteran's Day 11/11/04
Thanksgiving Day 11/25/04
Day after Thanksgiving 11/26/04
Christmas Day 12/25/04

Basically I want the table to look like this:

EMP_NAME HOLIDAY H_DATE H_HRS
Matt NewYrs 1/01/04 8
Jen NewYrs 1/01/04 7
Matt ID4 7/04/04 8
Jen ID4 7/04/04 7

but for all the holidays in the order the holidays occur during the year.

Matt
"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

If I understand this correctly, you've answered two of the four questions
to
which I would need answers in order to be able to help you. It seems that
you want to update all records in one table. But I still have no answer
to
the other two questions - what values you want to put into what fields?
Your
update query will look something like this ...

UPDATE YourTableName SET YourFieldName(s) = YourValue(s)

.... but given the information provided so far, there is no way for me to
know what "YourFieldName(s)" or "YourValues(s)" should be.

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
On the table there is a list of 20 names. Each name get every holiday
and
a
set number of holiday hours for it. I am trying to update the table so
that
when the update query runs, every name get all 12 holidays. On the
table
I
want it to show the name, the holiday and their holiday hours for all
20
names, it should display all 12 holidays for all 20 names.

Matt

"Brendan Reynolds" wrote:

It's not what's on the form that matters, it's what's in the tables.
When
you say 'update 12 holidays for 20 people', what does that mean in
terms
of
which fields you want to set to what values in which records of which
tables?

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"wheelz" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up an update query to update 12 holidays for 20
people.
But this is my first time doing an update query. The user picks a
holiday,
and based on that choice each person gets the holiday off and their
number
of
holidays given is displayed. The only fields on the form are the
employee's
name, holiday, holiday_hrs, holiday_date. Does anyone have any
suggestions
or hints to help me out.

Matt