Category: SQL
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Access UI Design
When working on multiple tables to create simple UI forms the process to create each UI can become tiresome. To simplify the process I now take all the fields from the table and place them on the form in the desired position and then call the following code on open event. The first function colCtrlReq…
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How to Use Oracle’s ALL_TAB_COLUMNS to Recreate Tables in Microsoft Access: A Step-by-Step Guide
If youre working with Oracle databases and need to recreate tables in Microsoft Access for proof of concept or other tasks, Oracle’s ALL_TAB_COLUMNS view is an invaluable resource. This table provides detailed metadata about all tables, fields, and data types in a given Oracle instance. Here’s how I used it to streamline my process: Step…
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Using Passthrough query in Access
We have recently converted a database from Access to SQL and needed to increase the speed of the reports when working with a large recordset. We amended this code from the web which significantly increased the speed on 2 reports but reduced the speed on another – so its a case of testing to get…