Table/Forms Design Question

Not stalking... not sure where you get that from. Here I am here now and I
see you provided the tables I would thank you but you would probably find a
way to twist that around...

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"Steve" help_available_at_very_reasonable_rates@contactme .com wrote in
message m...
You are too busy to answer the OP but not to busy to stalk me! Go
figure???

Steve


"Gina Whipp" wrote in message
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I am a little busy right now BUT if no one gets back to you by the time I
get UNbusy I will review your tables.

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"Damian" wrote in message
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Made a mistake. Is there an Edit button here? hmm

Correction on the Tables:
So Far I have 3 Tables:

Crews Neme
t_CrewID autoNumber PK
t_CrewFname first name
t_CrewLname last name
t_CrewType Carpenter, Surveyor, Laborers - Linked to Crews Type Table
so
you can choose from drop down menu.

Crews Data
t_CrewDataID autoNumber PK
t_CrewDataType will be Foreman, Workman, Laborer

Crews Type
t_CrewDetailID autoNumber
t_CrewDetailType will be Carpenter, Surveyor, Laborman

Sorry


"Damian" wrote:

Great Help, thanks to all for info and great links. I'm starting to get
the
Big Picture now.
The only thing I am confused is how will I buld a Form for the guys to
fill
out.
Maybe I should explain what I want to accomplish here.

So Far I have 2 Tables:
Crews Neme
t_CrewID autoNumber PK
t_CrewFname first name
t_CrewLname last name
t_CrewType Workman - Foreman or Laborer Linked from Crews Data Table

Crews Data
t_CrewsDataID autoNumber PK
t_CrewsDataType will be Foreman, Workman, Laborer

(Now the data Value that you mentioned 1 , 3 , 2 is the amount of
Foreman/Workman/Laborer each Crew had. This field is to be inserted by
the
user. so should I still have a DataValue field in my Crews Data table
when it
will be different for every t_CrewID and every T_CrewsID will have all
t_CrewsDataTypes?)
I have an excell for this but I want to create a databaseto do this. I
took
a screenshot of the excell so you can understand it and help me better.
(Hope
is ok to post links here like these, if not I am sorry)
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6924/excellsample.png)

Thanks Again




"John W. Vinson" wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:36:01 -0700, Damian

wrote:

I am Trying to create Daily Reports for my company.
I created tables for Carpenters, Laborers, Surveyors, Ironworkers
etc.
Each of these has fields *_Name, #ofForeman, #ofWorkers,
#ofLaborers.
ex.
"Carpenters Table
CarpentersName Foreman Worekman Laborer
Joe 2 1 5
Bill 1 5 2
"
"Laborers Table
LaborersName Foreman Worekman Laborer
Frank 1 1 0
"
And so on (you get the picture)

Now are those tables Normalized? I know I am repeating
Foreman,Workman &
Laborer in each one of them but each of these tables has different
Names and
different quantaties of people.

I'd change your design completely. Putting data (the type of worker)
in a
tablename or a fieldname is simply WRONG DESIGN.

Workers
WorkerID Primary Key, perhaps an autonumber
WorkerName (I'd actually use LastName and FirstName as separate
fields
WorkerType e.g. Carpenter, Laborer, Surveyor, ...

WorkerData
WorkerID link to Workers
DataType e.g. "Foreman", "Laborer"
DataValue your 2, 1, 5 etc., whatever they mean


I created a form for Carpenters - A tabular form so I see All names
for each
Carpenter in seperate box and next to them their
Foreman/Workman/Laborer.
I also included a total column at the end which adds up each row. I
can edit
the fields each day and the total is changing. (thats good)

The problem is I have to create a Form for Each Table seperately.
Can I put Table CArpenter/ Laborer/ etc.. into one form and be able
to view
it and edit like I can the single Carpenters Form? I cant seem to
make it
work.

Im reading all these access books and I cant find the answers I am
looking
for anywhere.

I also created a Querie that sum up all Foreman for each Name each
workman
for each name and so on. Plus a final total Column which sums up
everyone. It
works great, BUT when I try to make it show up on the Form I cant. I
can do
it as a footer but it does not automatically update when I change
the values.
I have to close it and come back in. Why is that?

I know I am asking a lot and I hope you guys can help me.
Thank you


Get your table design right first and then work on the forms.
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John W. Vinson [MVP]