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Table Relationships: An Understanding is necessary...
Hi there,
I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za |
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Table Relationships: An Understanding is necessary...
On Fri, 28 May 2010 04:48:01 -0700, PsyberFox
wrote: Try this: Have the wizard create a new form based solely on tblPatients. Also a new form based solely on tblWD. Design the first form and drop the second one on it. Use the wizard to create the relation. Voila, you have the basis of a working master-detail form. -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP Hi there, I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W |
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Table Relationships: An Understanding is necessary...
On May 28, 5:48*am, PsyberFox
wrote: Hi there, I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients.. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W -- The Psyber Foxhttp://www.psyberconsulting.co.za Standard warning: You shouldn't be mucking around with subdatasheets for viewing and modifying your data in your tables. You should be creating forms to view and modify your data. That said, if you are doing this just for yourself and don't care about proper design or you are doing things this way for the short term and just haven't taken the time to create your forms, here's an answer to your question. I'm not sure what you mean by getting it the other way around. As to not getting the subdatasheet in tblWoundDetails, Access only creates the subdatasheet by default on the 1 side of a 1 to many relationship (so there should be a subdatasheet in tblPatients). You can add and modify the subdatasheet settings for each table by going to the Ribbon in Datasheet view. Make sure you are on the Table Tools tab, then click the More button in the Records section of the ribbon. Under More there should be an option for adjusting the subdatasheets. Keven |
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Table Relationships: An Understanding is necessary...
Hi,
OK, I've now managed to do what you suggested with regards to changing the table's subdatasheet. But it's still not showing the records from the child-table in the parent table cascade... Rgds, W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Keven Denen" wrote: On May 28, 5:48 am, PsyberFox wrote: Hi there, I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients.. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W -- The Psyber Foxhttp://www.psyberconsulting.co.za Standard warning: You shouldn't be mucking around with subdatasheets for viewing and modifying your data in your tables. You should be creating forms to view and modify your data. That said, if you are doing this just for yourself and don't care about proper design or you are doing things this way for the short term and just haven't taken the time to create your forms, here's an answer to your question. I'm not sure what you mean by getting it the other way around. As to not getting the subdatasheet in tblWoundDetails, Access only creates the subdatasheet by default on the 1 side of a 1 to many relationship (so there should be a subdatasheet in tblPatients). You can add and modify the subdatasheet settings for each table by going to the Ribbon in Datasheet view. Make sure you are on the Table Tools tab, then click the More button in the Records section of the ribbon. Under More there should be an option for adjusting the subdatasheets. Keven . |
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Table Relationships: An Understanding is necessary...
You've already received the good advice to create a Form for Patient, with a
Subform Control containing the Form for Wound Detail. Make the Form for Wound Detail a continuous forms view form. Separately, you received the advice not to use Table View and Subdatasheets. I concur with both recommendations... create Forms and Subforms; don't update Tables in Table View and don't use Subdatasheets. I don't know how we could be more clear in what we are advising. -- Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET comp.databases.ms-access "PsyberFox" wrote in message ... Hi, OK, I've now managed to do what you suggested with regards to changing the table's subdatasheet. But it's still not showing the records from the child-table in the parent table cascade... Rgds, W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Keven Denen" wrote: On May 28, 5:48 am, PsyberFox wrote: Hi there, I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients.. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W -- The Psyber Foxhttp://www.psyberconsulting.co.za Standard warning: You shouldn't be mucking around with subdatasheets for viewing and modifying your data in your tables. You should be creating forms to view and modify your data. That said, if you are doing this just for yourself and don't care about proper design or you are doing things this way for the short term and just haven't taken the time to create your forms, here's an answer to your question. I'm not sure what you mean by getting it the other way around. As to not getting the subdatasheet in tblWoundDetails, Access only creates the subdatasheet by default on the 1 side of a 1 to many relationship (so there should be a subdatasheet in tblPatients). You can add and modify the subdatasheet settings for each table by going to the Ribbon in Datasheet view. Make sure you are on the Table Tools tab, then click the More button in the Records section of the ribbon. Under More there should be an option for adjusting the subdatasheets. Keven . |
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Table Relationships: An Understanding is necessary...
OK I have done exactly as recommended but the child records are not showing
up for each parent record. I have double-checked the links between the forms. Even dragged & dropped sub-form but still nothing... W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Larry Linson" wrote: You've already received the good advice to create a Form for Patient, with a Subform Control containing the Form for Wound Detail. Make the Form for Wound Detail a continuous forms view form. Separately, you received the advice not to use Table View and Subdatasheets. I concur with both recommendations... create Forms and Subforms; don't update Tables in Table View and don't use Subdatasheets. I don't know how we could be more clear in what we are advising. -- Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET comp.databases.ms-access "PsyberFox" wrote in message ... Hi, OK, I've now managed to do what you suggested with regards to changing the table's subdatasheet. But it's still not showing the records from the child-table in the parent table cascade... Rgds, W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Keven Denen" wrote: On May 28, 5:48 am, PsyberFox wrote: Hi there, I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients.. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W -- The Psyber Foxhttp://www.psyberconsulting.co.za Standard warning: You shouldn't be mucking around with subdatasheets for viewing and modifying your data in your tables. You should be creating forms to view and modify your data. That said, if you are doing this just for yourself and don't care about proper design or you are doing things this way for the short term and just haven't taken the time to create your forms, here's an answer to your question. I'm not sure what you mean by getting it the other way around. As to not getting the subdatasheet in tblWoundDetails, Access only creates the subdatasheet by default on the 1 side of a 1 to many relationship (so there should be a subdatasheet in tblPatients). You can add and modify the subdatasheet settings for each table by going to the Ribbon in Datasheet view. Make sure you are on the Table Tools tab, then click the More button in the Records section of the ribbon. Under More there should be an option for adjusting the subdatasheets. Keven . . |
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I'm now confounded as to what the problem might be:
I have created a simply query linking tblP with tblWD on PatientID and when viewing the query it's not even pulling throught the records from tblWD for each tblP record... Please help! W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Larry Linson" wrote: You've already received the good advice to create a Form for Patient, with a Subform Control containing the Form for Wound Detail. Make the Form for Wound Detail a continuous forms view form. Separately, you received the advice not to use Table View and Subdatasheets. I concur with both recommendations... create Forms and Subforms; don't update Tables in Table View and don't use Subdatasheets. I don't know how we could be more clear in what we are advising. -- Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET comp.databases.ms-access "PsyberFox" wrote in message ... Hi, OK, I've now managed to do what you suggested with regards to changing the table's subdatasheet. But it's still not showing the records from the child-table in the parent table cascade... Rgds, W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Keven Denen" wrote: On May 28, 5:48 am, PsyberFox wrote: Hi there, I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients.. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W -- The Psyber Foxhttp://www.psyberconsulting.co.za Standard warning: You shouldn't be mucking around with subdatasheets for viewing and modifying your data in your tables. You should be creating forms to view and modify your data. That said, if you are doing this just for yourself and don't care about proper design or you are doing things this way for the short term and just haven't taken the time to create your forms, here's an answer to your question. I'm not sure what you mean by getting it the other way around. As to not getting the subdatasheet in tblWoundDetails, Access only creates the subdatasheet by default on the 1 side of a 1 to many relationship (so there should be a subdatasheet in tblPatients). You can add and modify the subdatasheet settings for each table by going to the Ribbon in Datasheet view. Make sure you are on the Table Tools tab, then click the More button in the Records section of the ribbon. Under More there should be an option for adjusting the subdatasheets. Keven . . |
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EVENTUALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM!!!
Ok, just an update: it had nothing to do with creating forms / subforms, etc... it was the way the child records were getting it's information from the parent record. I have a lookup field in the child table, which looks up the PatientID in tblP. However, in tblP the PatientID is the second field. I moved this to the first field, and voila!!! W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "PsyberFox" wrote: I'm now confounded as to what the problem might be: I have created a simply query linking tblP with tblWD on PatientID and when viewing the query it's not even pulling throught the records from tblWD for each tblP record... Please help! W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Larry Linson" wrote: You've already received the good advice to create a Form for Patient, with a Subform Control containing the Form for Wound Detail. Make the Form for Wound Detail a continuous forms view form. Separately, you received the advice not to use Table View and Subdatasheets. I concur with both recommendations... create Forms and Subforms; don't update Tables in Table View and don't use Subdatasheets. I don't know how we could be more clear in what we are advising. -- Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET comp.databases.ms-access "PsyberFox" wrote in message ... Hi, OK, I've now managed to do what you suggested with regards to changing the table's subdatasheet. But it's still not showing the records from the child-table in the parent table cascade... Rgds, W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Keven Denen" wrote: On May 28, 5:48 am, PsyberFox wrote: Hi there, I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients.. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W -- The Psyber Foxhttp://www.psyberconsulting.co.za Standard warning: You shouldn't be mucking around with subdatasheets for viewing and modifying your data in your tables. You should be creating forms to view and modify your data. That said, if you are doing this just for yourself and don't care about proper design or you are doing things this way for the short term and just haven't taken the time to create your forms, here's an answer to your question. I'm not sure what you mean by getting it the other way around. As to not getting the subdatasheet in tblWoundDetails, Access only creates the subdatasheet by default on the 1 side of a 1 to many relationship (so there should be a subdatasheet in tblPatients). You can add and modify the subdatasheet settings for each table by going to the Ribbon in Datasheet view. Make sure you are on the Table Tools tab, then click the More button in the Records section of the ribbon. Under More there should be an option for adjusting the subdatasheets. Keven . . |
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Ah, you learned the HARD WAY what many have been strongly advising in the
newsgroups ever since Lookup Fields became available -- don't use Lookup Fields. Use Lookup Tables, so that Access doesn't confuse you by displaying something other than what is stored in the Field, but then retrieve what IS stored in the Field when you refer to it in Queries. -- Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET comp.databases.ms-access "PsyberFox" wrote in message ... EVENTUALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM!!! Ok, just an update: it had nothing to do with creating forms / subforms, etc... it was the way the child records were getting it's information from the parent record. I have a lookup field in the child table, which looks up the PatientID in tblP. However, in tblP the PatientID is the second field. I moved this to the first field, and voila!!! W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "PsyberFox" wrote: I'm now confounded as to what the problem might be: I have created a simply query linking tblP with tblWD on PatientID and when viewing the query it's not even pulling throught the records from tblWD for each tblP record... Please help! W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Larry Linson" wrote: You've already received the good advice to create a Form for Patient, with a Subform Control containing the Form for Wound Detail. Make the Form for Wound Detail a continuous forms view form. Separately, you received the advice not to use Table View and Subdatasheets. I concur with both recommendations... create Forms and Subforms; don't update Tables in Table View and don't use Subdatasheets. I don't know how we could be more clear in what we are advising. -- Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET comp.databases.ms-access "PsyberFox" wrote in message ... Hi, OK, I've now managed to do what you suggested with regards to changing the table's subdatasheet. But it's still not showing the records from the child-table in the parent table cascade... Rgds, W -- The Psyber Fox http://www.psyberconsulting.co.za "Keven Denen" wrote: On May 28, 5:48 am, PsyberFox wrote: Hi there, I thought I understood table relationships in Access (2007 btw) but clearly I'm missing something... so hope someone can assist me: I have two tables that need to be linked: tblPatients, and tblWoundDetails. tblWoundDetails can contain many records of a patient. The PatientID in tblWoundDetails is selected off a drop-down lookup linking to tblPatients.. I have set up a table relationship as well, linking these two tables on PatientID. It shows a one-to-many relationship type, and I am setting it up to say that I want all the records from tblPatients and only those records from tblWoundDetails where there are matching records. Now, what I want to achieve is when opening up tblPatients it should be able to show with a cascading + all the records from tblWoundDetails. Fristly, I am getting it the other way round, and secondly when expanding the details from tblWoundDetails it doesn't show the matching record from tblPatients. (I have captured records in both tables, so it should at least show the data). Hope all of this makes sense... Thank you kindly! W -- The Psyber Foxhttp://www.psyberconsulting.co.za Standard warning: You shouldn't be mucking around with subdatasheets for viewing and modifying your data in your tables. You should be creating forms to view and modify your data. That said, if you are doing this just for yourself and don't care about proper design or you are doing things this way for the short term and just haven't taken the time to create your forms, here's an answer to your question. I'm not sure what you mean by getting it the other way around. As to not getting the subdatasheet in tblWoundDetails, Access only creates the subdatasheet by default on the 1 side of a 1 to many relationship (so there should be a subdatasheet in tblPatients). You can add and modify the subdatasheet settings for each table by going to the Ribbon in Datasheet view. Make sure you are on the Table Tools tab, then click the More button in the Records section of the ribbon. Under More there should be an option for adjusting the subdatasheets. Keven . . |
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