Designing a DB for Tract Home Models w/ Many Options and Categorie

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"Steve" wrote in message
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Quick and Painless!!!

I will build the database for you for a very reasonable fee.

PC Datasheet

I have yet to see any of steve's satisfied customers, if there are any, come
to his defense.

John... Visio MVP

"John W. Vinson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:42:02 -0700, billyradd
wrote:

Yes, thank you, very quick and painless and I'm sure you'd do a great job
too.

Billyrad, you may want to do a quick http://groups.google.com advanced
search
for Steve's postings on the newsgroup. At the very least get references
from
previous customers and talk to them. Steve's reputation is not very high
around here.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

There is nothing good to be said about any of your responses because they
are all worthless responses that do not offer one iota of help to the OP.
You're an embarassment to the principles of being an MVP and all MVPs should
be outraged about how you besmudge MVP.


"John Marshall, MVP" wrote in message
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I have yet to see any of steve's satisfied customers, if there are any,
come to his defense.

John... Visio MVP

"John W. Vinson" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:42:02 -0700, billyradd
wrote:

Yes, thank you, very quick and painless and I'm sure you'd do a great job
too.

Billyrad, you may want to do a quick http://groups.google.com advanced
search
for Steve's postings on the newsgroup. At the very least get references
from
previous customers and talk to them. Steve's reputation is not very high
around here.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

Where is the peer to peer support you offer. All you provide are worthless
responses that do not offer one iota of help to the OP. All you do is waste
the time of everyone who reads your worthless responses.
You're an embarassment to the principles of being an MVP and all MVPs should
be outraged about how you besmudge MVP.



"John Marshall, MVP" wrote in message
...
These newsgroups are provided by Microsoft for FREE peer to peer support,
not for snake oil salesmen to ply their wares.

John... Visio MVP

"Steve" wrote in message
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Quick and Painless!!!

I will build the database for you for a very reasonable fee.

PC Datasheet

....anyway

What I'm needing is; to start out going down the right path. I don't want to
waste any time building it all in Access forms and find out 75% of the way
through that I should have done it the other way.

Ultimately I'd like to be able to use a browser for all user I/O. Have the
database on a local (business office) server. That seems to be best way in my
eyes, maybe not, that's why I'm asking.

Thank you very much.
Please, have some respect...

"billyradd" wrote:

I’m relatively new to Access but I have a fairly good understanding of the
basics. What I am faced with is creating an application to create, maintain
and modify “Base House� information for tract home projects.

Our customers give us “rack sets� of plans of houses that they build. We
build floor system, wall systems and roof systems for these houses.

I have looked for a similar template to modify to what I need but just about
all the specific information I need has slightly different criteria based on
the Customer, the Design Category (Floors, Walls, or Roofs) the Model, the
options for each Model and many more. I can’t find anything that even closely
represents what I need.

I have attempted to teach myself how to create what I need and I’m frankly
overwhelmed. Models, and Options, and DesignCategories, and ID’s and multiple
options for multiple design departments and on and on.

What would be my best approach to creating what I need as quickly and
painlessly as I can?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:18:01 -0700, billyradd
wrote:

...anyway

What I'm needing is; to start out going down the right path. I don't want to
waste any time building it all in Access forms and find out 75% of the way
through that I should have done it the other way.

Ultimately I'd like to be able to use a browser for all user I/O. Have the
database on a local (business office) server. That seems to be best way in my
eyes, maybe not, that's why I'm asking.

If you are targeting a web-based application using a browser as the primary
data interaction method, then I would suggest that Access may *NOT* be your
best bet. There have been a couple of attempts to marry Access to the Web
(Data Access Projects = DAP, Access Data Projects = ADP) but neither has
really caught on. You may be better storing your data in a SQL/Server or MySQL
database and using the web database tools (perhaps in ADP, or Dreamweaver, or
the new Microsoft Expression) to build your interface.

Thank you very much.
Please, have some respect...

My apologies if my replay was disrespectful; that certainly was not my intent.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

Kind of disgusting to have someone trolling for buesness in a news group to
help people for free. I would block you but then how would I warn other
folks trying to learn.
"Steve" wrote in message
link.net...
John,

I am really surprised that you would stoop to the level of Arno R, John
Marshall and Keith Wilby!!

Steve




"John W. Vinson" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:42:02 -0700, billyradd
wrote:

Yes, thank you, very quick and painless and I'm sure you'd do a great job
too.

Billyrad, you may want to do a quick http://groups.google.com advanced
search
for Steve's postings on the newsgroup. At the very least get references
from
previous customers and talk to them. Steve's reputation is not very high
around here.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

"John W. Vinson" wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:18:01 -0700, billyradd
wrote:

...anyway

What I'm needing is; to start out going down the right path. I don't want to
waste any time building it all in Access forms and find out 75% of the way
through that I should have done it the other way.

Ultimately I'd like to be able to use a browser for all user I/O. Have the
database on a local (business office) server. That seems to be best way in my
eyes, maybe not, that's why I'm asking.

If you are targeting a web-based application using a browser as the primary
data interaction method, then I would suggest that Access may *NOT* be your
best bet. There have been a couple of attempts to marry Access to the Web
(Data Access Projects = DAP, Access Data Projects = ADP) but neither has
really caught on. You may be better storing your data in a SQL/Server or MySQL
database and using the web database tools (perhaps in ADP, or Dreamweaver, or
the new Microsoft Expression) to build your interface.

Thank you very much.
Please, have some respect...

My apologies if my replay was disrespectful; that certainly was not my intent.

I really should have been more specific in my "respect" comment. You have
NOT been the one showing a lack of respect, John. You have been a huge help.



John W. Vinson [MVP]