To answer your question...
If he wants to do it himself which I am gathering because here he is in a
FREE newsgroup then I, along with folks much more qualified, assist him. I
will NOT 'push' my services on him.
However, if is asking for paid help, I will direct him to the MANY sites
where he could look for a professional in his area, as well as, check their
references, perhaps even have them come in and show samples of their work.
I WILL NOT EVER suggest myself. If he happens to find my name on one of
those MANY sites where you post your services, then I would mention I saw
him in a newsgroup. But I am NOT here to 'fish' for business and I am
certainly NOT gong to suggest hiring a professional prior to him/her even
asking for one.
I was a beginner once and this is where I came to learn and I still come for
tips. I would have been insulted if someone suggested I was incapable of
doing this myself. Look at me now, I contract for several companies. Where
would I be if I had not dared to try? If these groups weren't here? If I
hired a prefessional? Now I work from home, I have not had a 9-5 job in 5
years and NEVER ONCE did I go trolling!
--
Gina Whipp
"I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" - Tremors
II
"Steve" wrote in message
link.net...
O.K., let's put it in other words ---
If you saw a post by a business owner where it is obvious he has only
dabbled in Access and he says he desparately needs a way to track his
inventory, would you advise him to spend time trying to create
an inventory database and go to the newsgroups, books and other resources
when he needs help or would you advise him to hire someone to create an
inventory database for him and spend his time managing his business?
Steve
"Gina Whipp" wrote in message
...
If he came to me (your words) then he got my name from someone and
contacted me directly, NOT via a newsgroup, therefore I can do business
with him. However, these people aren't 'coming to you'... you are going
to them.
--
Gina Whipp
"I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" -
Tremors II
"Steve" wrote in message
ink.net...
You miised the whole point!
If a business owner who has only dabbled in Access came to you wanting a
way to track his inventory, would you advise him to spend time trying to
create an inventory database and go to the newsgroups, books and other
resources when he needs help or would you advise him to hire someone to
create an inventory database for him and spend his time managing his
business?
Steve
"Gina Whipp" wrote in message
...
Steve,
If this is a reply to my eMail then please don't try to explain your
soliciting to me. It is wrong in a FREE peer-to-peer newsgroup. I
'write' databases and have been doing so for 10 years. Right now, I am
doing 6 contracts and am looking for help but it would never even occur
to me to advertise for help here! And NEVER, let me me repeat that,
NEVER have I ever tried to solicit work from this FREE newsgroup or any
other FREE newsgroup unless they supply a section to do just that. I
don't show my eMail address, no links to my site, NADA, NOTHING,
ZILCH... well, you get the idea, because that is not why these groups
are here!
I will also note, that I get my work by word-of-mouth and have to
provide my web page... AND even if I ran out of work tomorrow, I would
NEVER solicit here! I come to here to get help and give help when I
can. I come here to learn, share and sometimes get a good chuckle! I
don't come here to post my resume or sell my services.
So please, don't offer your lame reasoning for trying to drum up
business. If contracting is not working for you get another job until
something comes along.
--
Gina Whipp
"I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" -
Tremors II
"Steve" wrote in message
ink.net...
Do-it-yourself is not always the best decision. In fact, it can be a
very poor decision. Yes, from only the database point of view, if you
create a database and it works for you, do it yourself is cheapest.
From a business perspective, it can be much more expensive than hiring
someone to build the database for you. The do-it-yourself route
requires dedicated time and effort which means taking the time and
effort away from something else. If you could have spent that time in
a more profitable way such as increasing sales, the database cost you
the value of the lost sales and that could easily be many times the
fees you would have paid someone to create the database for you.
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"Gina Whipp" wrote in message
...
Moe,
Below is a few links to help you get started... Please note, this
FREE newsgroup provided by Microsoft would NEVER dream of charging
you. Everyone (well almost everyone) VOLUNTEERS their time to provide
FREE support and assistance.
Ms Access Fundamentals: http://www.functionx.com/access/
Samples downloads:
http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/TableOfContents3.asp
Code, sample downloads, sample coding (I love this site):
http://www.mvps.org/access/
Data model samples: http://www.databasedev.co.uk/data_models.html
--
Gina Whipp
"I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" -
Tremors II
"Moe" wrote in message
...
What I need to do:
I have some rather expensive inventory items that I need to keep
track of.
These are to be used in several projects (jobs).
I'm trying to design a simple database to help me keep track of
where
everything goes, so I can bill the right job for the right products.
More Details:
Inventory items have an ID, and description. I need to know how many
of each
item I still have remaining.
Jobs have unique ID numbers (I dont want to use autonumber for
this).
I was thinking maybe I could design something that would sort of do
transactions.
Assign a transaction ID (Autonumber is ok), A date, a project #
(job#)
and how many of each of the inventory items were transfered on that
date, or
transaction.
I did a little designing, and came up with three tables.
Inventory
|_ ID
|_ Description
|_ Quatntity on hand (??)
Jobs
|_ ID
|_ Address
Transactions
|_ ID (autonumber ok)
|_ Date
|_ Quantity
|_ Description
Can someone suggest an efficient relationships model to make this
work?
Thanks in advance
--
Moe