[dba-SQLServer]Bound forms filtered on a control on the form

John W. Colby jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Feb 26 09:23:02 CST 2003


>Input Parameters is a property of the form, even in A2K and you can set it
on the form or in code with me.inputparameters = ..... 

Really?  What tab is it on in the property box?  I am not finding it. (A2K)

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Susan
Zeller
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:12 AM
To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer]Bound forms filtered on a control on the
form


Input Parameters is a property of the form, even in A2K and you can set
it on the form or in code with me.inputparameters = .....  Don't have
much more to offer on this as I've been working mostly with unbound
forms since I moved to SQL/Adp's.  

--Susan

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com]  On Behalf Of John
> W. Colby
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:57 AM
> To:	dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject:	RE: [dba-SQLServer]Bound forms filtered on a control on
> the form
> 
> >I think there's some misunderstanding here (could be on my part J).
> Does your form have, say, a combo or list that is the form's
> navigation scheme? Such that you select a row in the list and then the
> form navigates to that record?
> 
> Precisely.  this is just one scenario that I actually need to handle
> in my databases, to port them to ADPs.
> 
> >In the InputParameters property, write "@PK = " & Me.cboName. 
> 
> I guess what I don't understand is that the sproc looks like a query
> from inside the ADP.  The form is bound to the sproc (query), but how
> do I feed the parameter to the sproc?  Where is the "Input Parameters
> property"?  What is it a property of?  Do I assign the sproc to an ado
> object which has such a property, then assign that to the form's
> recordset property?  If I do that, is the form R/W?  If that is what I
> do (and it must be R/W to be useful) can I see some example code?
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com] 
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:06 AM
> To:	dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject:	RE: [dba-SQLServer]Bound forms filtered on a control on
> the form
> 
> I think there's some misunderstanding here (could be on my part J).
> Does your form have, say, a combo or list that is the form's
> navigation scheme? Such that you select a row in the list and then the
> form navigates to that record? Or are you passing the selection to
> another form that you want to filter?
> If it's the same form, you'll need:
> a)	a view or sproc that populates the list with PK and description;
> b)	a sproc that drives the form, and that accepts an int parameter
> @PK. Within the sproc, default the parameter @PK to zero.
> 
> The code for the sproc should resemble this:
> CREATE PROC myProc
> ( @PK integer = 0)
> AS
> SELECT * FROM myTables
> WHERE (PK = @PK)
> 
> In the InputParameters property, write "@PK = " & Me.cboName. In the
> AfterUpdate event of cboName, requery the form.
> It's dead simple, and leaves all the data you don't want on the server
> where it belongs.
> HTH,
> Arthur
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com] 
> Sent: February 25, 2003 7:08 PM
> To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer]Bound forms filtered on a control on the
> form
> 
> Hmmm... OK.  My understanding is that this actually pulls all of the
> records in the recordset and then only DISPLAYS one record (filter).
> That is useful in certain instances, however I would really like to
> just pull one specific record, having SQL Server do all the work of
> finding that record and handing it back.
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Selina
> Iddon
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 5:31 PM
> To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer]Bound forms filtered on a control on the
> form
> 
> 
> Hi John
> I may be reading the question wrong, but would this help?
> 
> Sub MyComboControl_AfterUpdate()
> Me.Filter = "FieldName = " & Me.MyComboControl
> Me.FilterOn = true
> End Sub
> 
> Cheers
> Selina
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
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> Access
> Databases
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John W. Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
> To: "AccessD-SQLServer" <dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:53 AM
> Subject: [dba-SQLServer]Bound forms filtered on a control on the form
> 
> 
> > I have been following the thread on the report thing.  The
> discussion has
> > focused (the ones I have read) on using XP, where there are actually
> > properties to do this.  How do I do this in A2K?
> >
> > I have a form.  I want to select a record in a combo box.  Having
> selected
> > that record, I want to run an sproc, passing a parameter to filter
> the
> data
> > returned to only return the record selected in the combo box.
> >
> > How do I do that in A2K?
> >
> > John W. Colby
> > Colby Consulting
> > www.ColbyConsulting.com
> >
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