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Old March 18th, 2010, 08:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Wes[_3_]
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Default Finding Last Record

Being very new to Access I am struggling a bit, so need some assistance.
I have an ACCESS 2000 manual and keep trying to figure it out, but I
am just a bit ACCESS deprived.

I have a form that will be used for New Employees. When I OPEN the
form, (OPEN event, I think,) I need to get to the last record in my
table. I have tried

DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataTable, "SalesAssociate", acLast

but get an error saying the table is not open.

I have tried several other things, but nothing seems to work.

I know I have it wrong, but can't figure it out.

Any suggestions

Thanks

Wes
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Old March 18th, 2010, 08:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Jeff Boyce
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Default Finding Last Record

Wes

Access tables store data rather like "buckets o' data". That is, there's no
inherent (human-perceptible) order. Thus, the "Last" record only makes
sense if YOU have imposed some sort order.

What you YOU mean by "last"?

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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"Wes" wrote in message
...
Being very new to Access I am struggling a bit, so need some assistance. I
have an ACCESS 2000 manual and keep trying to figure it out, but I am just
a bit ACCESS deprived.

I have a form that will be used for New Employees. When I OPEN the form,
(OPEN event, I think,) I need to get to the last record in my table. I
have tried

DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataTable, "SalesAssociate", acLast

but get an error saying the table is not open.

I have tried several other things, but nothing seems to work.

I know I have it wrong, but can't figure it out.

Any suggestions

Thanks

Wes



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Old March 18th, 2010, 08:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Wes[_3_]
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Default Finding Last Record

On 3/18/2010 3:33 PM, Jeff Boyce wrote:
Wes

Access tables store data rather like "buckets o' data". That is, there's no
inherent (human-perceptible) order. Thus, the "Last" record only makes
sense if YOU have imposed some sort order.

What you YOU mean by "last"?

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

I need to ADD a new employee. In the Access manual, looking at the
sequence of events, it indicates that using the OPEN event you can
determine if this is a "new" reocrd. If so, you need to move to the end
of the recordset. Otherwise you will continue to use the first record.

Unfortunately, I am at a big disadvantage. I have several years of
experience using the "big" relational databases, Oracle, Sybase, DB2,
etc., and the programming is completely different. I am trying to learn
to use ACCESS for a small business I am starting. At the moment it is
challenging, but it looks like a really cool facility that has a lot of
power.

Oh, I do have some small amount of VBA experience, but that is from the
EXCEL perspective.

Thanks for the help

Wes
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Old March 18th, 2010, 09:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Jeff Boyce
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Default Finding Last Record

Since Access tables are buckets o' data, you do not need to go to the last
record before adding a new one.

Check Access HELP for "adding a new record".

There's even a property in forms that lets them be used ONLY for entering
new records. Again, Access keeps track of where it gets added, so you don't
have to.

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"Wes" wrote in message
...
On 3/18/2010 3:33 PM, Jeff Boyce wrote:
Wes

Access tables store data rather like "buckets o' data". That is, there's
no
inherent (human-perceptible) order. Thus, the "Last" record only makes
sense if YOU have imposed some sort order.

What you YOU mean by "last"?

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

I need to ADD a new employee. In the Access manual, looking at the
sequence of events, it indicates that using the OPEN event you can
determine if this is a "new" reocrd. If so, you need to move to the end
of the recordset. Otherwise you will continue to use the first record.

Unfortunately, I am at a big disadvantage. I have several years of
experience using the "big" relational databases, Oracle, Sybase, DB2,
etc., and the programming is completely different. I am trying to learn
to use ACCESS for a small business I am starting. At the moment it is
challenging, but it looks like a really cool facility that has a lot of
power.

Oh, I do have some small amount of VBA experience, but that is from the
EXCEL perspective.

Thanks for the help

Wes



  #5  
Old March 18th, 2010, 08:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
J_Goddard via AccessMonster.com
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Default Finding Last Record

Hi -

If you are using this in a form, try using DoCmd.GoToRecord ,,acLast.

This will go to the last record in whatever dataset the form is using as its
RecordSource,
e.g. tblEmployee

If you are using the form to add new data, use acNew instead of acLast.



John



Wes wrote:
Being very new to Access I am struggling a bit, so need some assistance.
I have an ACCESS 2000 manual and keep trying to figure it out, but I
am just a bit ACCESS deprived.

I have a form that will be used for New Employees. When I OPEN the
form, (OPEN event, I think,) I need to get to the last record in my
table. I have tried

DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataTable, "SalesAssociate", acLast

but get an error saying the table is not open.

I have tried several other things, but nothing seems to work.

I know I have it wrong, but can't figure it out.

Any suggestions

Thanks

Wes


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Old March 19th, 2010, 12:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
John Spencer
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Default Finding Last Record

If you want to move to the last record that the form is bound to.

DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "NameOfForm", acLast




John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Wes wrote:
Being very new to Access I am struggling a bit, so need some assistance.
I have an ACCESS 2000 manual and keep trying to figure it out, but I am
just a bit ACCESS deprived.

I have a form that will be used for New Employees. When I OPEN the
form, (OPEN event, I think,) I need to get to the last record in my
table. I have tried

DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataTable, "SalesAssociate", acLast

but get an error saying the table is not open.

I have tried several other things, but nothing seems to work.

I know I have it wrong, but can't figure it out.

Any suggestions

Thanks

Wes

 




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