Doug Steele
dbdoug at gmail.com
Thu Jul 8 11:10:46 CDT 2010
Hi Jim: Thanks for the details. All my forms (300+) are bound, and I have a couple of thousand queries :( I guess the logical first step is to start unbinding the forms... Doug On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Doug: > > My approach was rather straight forward but there is not real quick way to > do it right hence the nearly month long odyssey to get the system moved. > Fortunately the client was on a monthly contract so I could spread the work > out over a couple of months as they are not likely to just accept a 10K > bill...but as they are on a monthly contract that is exactly what they will > pay. ;-) > > I installed a MS SQL on the client's site and used the Upsizing wizard to > construct all the tables on the SQL and rebuilt all the queries in Stored > Procedures. (I have done this before so I have all basics are pre-built > like: Add, Delete, Update, first, next, previous, last, goto-record... with > their associated UDF (User defined function... same as a function in > Access)) The queries have to be rebuilt to compile with SP standards. > > The application usually has to under go a few changes. > No bound... that is what a SQL server is for; it does the data management. > I > populate all the forms, reports, list and combo boxes via recordsets. I > usually populate a form one record at a time as it is usually so fast that > the client doesn't notice any delays. > > Those recordsets are assembled through a SQL interface module. Rather than > go into a page by page explanation suffice to say its sole purpose is to > connection with the SQL, retrieve and update recordsets through an ADO OLE > interface. The only tricky parts can be from dealing with combo boxes and > reports but newer versions of Access take a lot of the grunt work out. > > If you want to know more I will answer you questions one at a time. > > Jim > > >