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Items table Revisited
I thought it best to start new from the thread "Items Table help" that I
originally posted. Original Post: I have a photography business that I am setting up a database for tracking sales by customer, item, demographics etc. I'd like some advise on the items table, I have over a hundred photographs that I currently offer for sale and each photograph is offered in various sizes as well as being a print only, matted or matted and framed. This is going to make the items table quite extensive. This is an example of what I have right now: Item Size Type Moulton Barn 12x24 Print Moulton Barn 12x24 Matted Moulton Barn 12x24 Framed Moulton barn 16x31 Print Moulton Barn 16x31 Matted Moulton Barn 16x31 Framed Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Print Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Matted Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Framed and so on; So, each "Item" can have 6-12 "options" (ie: size, print or size, framed etc) x 100 photographs the list will be quite long. What's happening is; when I sort by ItemAscending, the photos are listed alphabetically but the size and type become scrambled as such; Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Framed Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Print Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Matted Moulton Barn 12x24 Print Moulton Barn 16x31 Matted I want the list to maintain the order of Item alphabetically, then Item size and finally Item Type in the order of Print, Matted or Framed. The obvious is to re-create the Items table and enter the items in the order I need but once done and I later add a new image I'm back to square one. Piet's Helpful Answer: Oh, you're an Excel guy. Excel Access. Write a query, and run it when you want your data sorted in a particular way. Follow-up Question: This worked perfectly for the original data in the Items list, however, when I enter new items and do a Refresh both the Item and Type update correctly but the Size is not working. If I choose Ascending in the layout view the old records show correctly but the new records show in reverse(descending). If I reverse the sorting order for size then just the opposite happens... Rob |
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