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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear all</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have a SQL database which stores core information about members of staff here - name, department, phone extn. etc.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I need to publish this information out to several different departments, all of whom need to be able to update the data. At the same time, they each have local data requirements which have to be updated alongside the core data. I was going to put these in Access databases and give each department it's own.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What I'm finding (and I can't believe I never hit this before) is that although the SQL tables can be updated through the Access FE, and the local tables can be updated, combine them and wallop, not updateable. Even if all the key fields are included in the query.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The amount of info is about 50/50 and it would be highly user-unfriendly to split the data onto separate forms. Is unbound the only way forward???</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">TIA</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Roz</FONT>
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