Frank Tanner III
pctech at mybellybutton.com
Mon Oct 27 14:28:42 CST 2003
But.....What happens to the data on the back-end wasn't the initial thrust of my question. My question was, "How can I peel off one record of an external table by using it to create a temporary local table and deleting the record from the back-end table?" --- William Hindman <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> wrote: > ...well you're stuck ...me, I'd be out the door > ...but then I have that > choice :)))) > > William Hindman > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want > liberty in your lifetime? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Tanner III" <pctech at mybellybutton.com> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem > solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Yes. Another Silly Access > Question. > > > > Unfortunately, in this case, yes. Apparently she > has > > special needs for each of the tables being > seperate. > > When I ask her why, I get the "not your concern or > > department, do it the way you were requested" > answer. > > > > --- William Hindman <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> > wrote: > > > ...and if you went to your boss and told him > that > > > the proposed design would > > > almost certainly result in more problems, not > less? > > > ...but that there is a > > > much simpler way to do it that won't ...most Sr > VPs > > > don't get there by > > > failing idiot detection tests :) > > > > > > William Hindman > > > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want > > > liberty in your lifetime? > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Frank Tanner III" > <pctech at mybellybutton.com> > > > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem > > > solving" > > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 2:30 PM > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Yes. Another Silly Access > > > Question. > > > > > > > > > > In this case, I'm not the inflexible one. The > > > > Marketing department is. > > > > > > > > And since their boss is my boss, I > lose....hehe > > > > > > > > Not all of us network engineers are > inflexible. I > > > am > > > > a firm believer in there being more than one > way > > > to > > > > skin a cat. > > > > > > > > --- William Hindman <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > ...nah ...I was frowning at what I kindly > refer > > > to > > > > > as a "notwork" type > > > > > design! ...sorry Frank but I go round and > round > > > with > > > > > network engineers all > > > > > too frequently ...I'd rather take on > reworking a > > > > > design by a newbie than one > > > > > done by a network type ...most newbies can > be > > > > > reasoned with! :))))))))) > > > > > > > > > > William Hindman > > > > > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you > want > > > > > liberty in your lifetime? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Drew Wutka" <DWUTKA at marlow.com> > > > > > To: "'Access Developers discussion and > problem > > > > > solving'" > > > > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:53 PM > > > > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Yes. Another Silly > Access > > > > > Question. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a reason you have a big frown > after > > > > > thinking I was on the Mark! > > > > > > <evilgrin> > > > > > > > > > > > > Again I concur. The only reason I can > think > > > of, > > > > > off of the top of my > > > > > head, > > > > > > for 'moving' records around, is if you > > > actually > > > > > have mobile databases. > > > > > Even > > > > > > then, you would still want a 'master copy' > > > sitting > > > > > there, in case one of > > > > > the > > > > > > mobile ones crashed. I guess that's half > > > > > replication! <grin> > > > > > > > > > > > > Drew > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: William Hindman > > > > > [mailto:wdhindman at bellsouth.net] > > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:07 PM > > > > > > To: Access Developers discussion and > problem > > > > > solving > > > > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Yes. Another Silly > > > Access > > > > > Question. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...I'm sorry Frank but this doesn't sound > like > > > > > much of a "reason" at all > > > > > > ...you're violating data normalization > rules > > > all > > > > > over the place and > > > > > creating > > > > > > tables where a simple flag field and query > > > would > > > > > be much more apropos ...I > > > > > > realize that you may not control things as > > > much as > > > > > you'd like but this > > > > > > sounds like something a network engineer > would > > > > > build rather than a > > > > > database > > > > > > designer ...I thought Drew was on the mark > > > before > > > > > and even more so now > > > > > :(((( > > > > > > > > > > > > William Hindman > > > > > > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you > > > want > > > > > liberty in your lifetime? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Frank Tanner III" > > > > > <pctech at mybellybutton.com> > > > > > > To: "Access Developers discussion and > problem > > > > > solving" > > > > > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:55 PM > > > > > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Yes. Another Silly > > > Access > > > > > Question. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Because the back-end tables are going to > be > > > > > accessed > > > > > > > by several people at once and we want to > > > avoid > > > > > ANY > > > > > > > possibility of duplication. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The reason why we're moving them to > > > different > > > > > tables > > > > > > > after processing is for marketing to > keep > > > track > > > > > of > > > > > > > different functions based upon the data > in > > > > > tables > > > > > > > specific to certain criteria. IE. > === message truncated ===