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Items table help
Oh, you're an Excel guy. Excel Access. Write a query, and run it
when you want your data sorted in a particular way. include JV's "tables are unsorted buckets of data" 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... "Piet Linden" wrote: On Mar 13, 10:07 am, Rob H wrote: Well, yes and no. I really want to sort by Item name first(Dewy Dragonfly) then by Size(8x10, 11x14, etc), and then further sort by the Type(Print 1st, matted 2nd, and framed 3rd). To get this: Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Print Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Matted Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Framed Moulton Barn 12x24 Print Moulton Barn 12x24 Matted Moulton Barn 12x24 Framed Moulton barn 16x31 Print Moulton Barn 16x31 Matted Moulton Barn 16x31 Framed Maybe this is not as big of an issue as I envision, but when looking up an item it would be much easier if the items were listed in this fashion. I hope this clarifies my issue a bit. "Duane Hookom" wrote: If I understand correctly you want to sort by size. The issue might be that you aren't storing numeric values. Have you considered using two numeric fields ItemHeight and ItemWidth? You could then sort by either field, both, or the product (square inches). This would remove the problem of 8x10 sorting after 10x14. -- Duane Hookom MS Access MVP "Rob H" wrote in message ... 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.. Oh, you're an Excel guy. Excel Access. Write a query, and run it when you want your data sorted in a particular way. include JV's "tables are unsorted buckets of data" speech here . |
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