Re: [OT] Access Database Question

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Erm....."oops" ! :O

Might be worth googling MS Access <version number> select distinct
query syntax

...or something similar!

Sorry if I broke your app - - I did say I wasn't hot on access ;s

R.

2008/8/10 Paul Gordon <paul@xxxxxxx>
>
> HAHAHAHAHA!!!! - Access is such a sack of ****TE! - I can crash the
> whole app by entering a select statement in my query...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Rob Iles
> Sent: 10 August 2008 15:24
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Access Database Question
>
> http://www.fredosaurus.com/notes-db/select/distinct.html
>
> I'm not overly familiar with access, but in SQL you'd use select
> distinct -
> - the above link seems to cover an MS Access scenario.
>
> R.
>
> 2008/8/10 Paul Gordon <paul@xxxxxxx>
>
> > Hmm... not sure,
> >
> > Not sure a) how to do that, or, b) what the point of it would
be...
> > there are lots of values of potential household addresses, but
only
> ever
> > a few member records to link to any given one... I'm not sure how
> moving
> > their address fields out to a separate table helps... - Although
I'm
> > willing to give it a try I guess...
> >
> > Strikes me that this should be *really* simple to do though, -
there
> > must be loads of cases where you only want to view unique values
> within
> > a table...
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> > ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of Jon Whiten
> > Sent: 10 August 2008 15:09
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Access Database Question
> >
> > Would it be too much stress to create a Household table and then
link
> > that
> > to each member? A bit of one-off work up front.
> >
> > ;oj
> >
> > On 10/08/2008, Paul Gordon
> <paul@xxxxxxx<paul%40paulgordon.homeip.net>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Snip
> > >
> > > The next step I want to do is to generate a table that
contains only
> > > unique addresses; - since there are in many cases multiple
members
> at
> > > the same address. Since every individual has a member
record, the
> > query
> > > above will include multiple records for some addresses. - I
want to
> > have
> > > a table that only shows any given address once, so that I
can
> produce
> > a
> > > list of households, rather than individuals...
> > >
> > > Got any suggestions on where to start looking?
> > > .
>
>

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