new to sql please help

i use access 2000 as my front end. i had a form named main with a couple of unbound fields on it . i used to put in last name and first name and then in a query i would put "like [forms]![main]![text0] & "*"
and also "like [forms]![main]![text2] & "*"

the lookup patient button would open my patient form based on the query results of what i typed in on the main form . ex: i type in riley it would give me my patient form with all the riley's in it.

how do i get my access form to open from information i am looking for in a query now that my whole database is back on a sql server.

by the way i upsized to a adp file no longer using mdb. please if possible explain in detail how to do this as i am having trouble with the syntax of sql. i understand i cant use "*" as a wildcard now but % instead.

thanks in advance.Hoe are you connecting to SQL Sever?

You shouldn't have to change your code...did you create linked tables?|||im assuming they not linked tables since it is now a access project i dont see the little globe when i used to use link tables.

i think everything is useing passthorugh queries now all my tables are on the sql server. just the forms and macros are on the frontend now.

my code i had to change was something like

dim db as dao.database
dim rs as dao.recordset

i had to change that to
dim conn as adodb.connection
dim rs as new adodb.recordset

and quite a few other things

if i left them linked the queries should have stayed working but im trying to get away from passing things through the jet engine and using the full power of sql .|||this was my old code to make a chartnumber based on the first and last name fields. this is the one that didnt work .

Public Function chartlookup()
Dim db As DAO.Database <--believe to be the problem
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset <-- belive to be the problem
Dim SQL As String
Dim NewNum As Integer
Dim NeWChartNum As String

SQL = "Select max(Cint(Right([chartnumber],6))) As RecNum From tblpatientinfo WHERE UCase(Left([chartnumber],5)) = '" & UCase(Left([Forms]![fpatient]![lname], 3)) & UCase(Left([Forms]![fpatient]![fname], 2)) & "'"

Set db = CurrentDb() <-- -problem
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(SQL) <--problem

If IsNull([Forms]![fpatient]![chartnumber]) = False Then GoTo 400

If rs.EOF = False Then
If IsNull(rs!RecNum) = False Then
NewNum = rs!RecNum + 1
Else
NewNum = 1
End If
End If
'If NewNum = 1 Then

[Forms]![fpatient]![chartnumber] = UCase(Left([Forms]![fpatient]![lname], 3)) & UCase(Left([Forms]![fpatient]![fname], 2)) & Format(NewNum, "000000")
'End If|||Well this is a TOTAL guess...

If you're doing passthrus, you'll need SQL Server syntax..

(Why not just call stored procedures if you're making such a radical change?)

anyway...

SQL = "SELECT (MAX(CONVERT(int,(RIGHT(chartnumber))))
FROM tblpatientinfo
WHERE UPPER(LEFT(chartnumber,5)) = " _
& "'" UCase(Left([Forms]![fpatient]![lname], 3)) & UCase(Left([Forms]![fpatient]![fname], 2)) & "'"

my front end skills have gotten rusty...

You might want to also look to post here:

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=3|||i did get that code to work but my main real problem is how do i get user sitting at my main form where he has to enter a patients lst name and first then when he hits the lookup patient button it opens my patient record with only the patient he typed in from the previous form . this was easy on access just added the expression into the query . but sql doesnt seem to support forms based queries. so what i really need is what does sql use instead of forms based queries to prompt a user for what they want to fill a record with.

if i use select lname from tblpatientinfo where lname="riley"

my form will only give me patients with last name riley

but how do i get it to ask what name we are looking for i guess would be the real question here. do i make a stored procedure to prompt for the information and base the form on the stored procedure or does my from on open have to request what im looking for. i may not be useing the correct wording so please be patient but sql is a whole new world to me.
i tried useing a filter on my form but if i put the stored procedure in the filter it doesnt recognize the stored procedure name only access query names it seems.

new records are not updateable

Hi,
In access, a form creates a new record. This record is not updateable -
message says that someone else is editing the record. However, in EM, the
record is updatable.
What a I doing wrong?
Do I need to supply further info?
cheers,
NEILNeil,
Might have better luck on this one by posting to the ACCESS NG. However,
you might check the 'Default open mode' for the .mdb on the Advanced tab of
Tools-Options in Access. (i.e., shared or exclusive)
HTH
Jerry
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:di3k5d$ja$1$830fa17d@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
> In access, a form creates a new record. This record is not updateable -
> message says that someone else is editing the record. However, in EM, the
> record is updatable.
> What a I doing wrong?
> Do I need to supply further info?
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||When you edit data in a data bound form in MS Access, it uses a client side
cursor. Perhaps you need to confirm that the CursorType property is defined
as Dynamic so inserts, updates and deletions by other users are visible:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...sortypeenum.asp
Also, perhaps use of the Recordset.Resync method:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...>
doresync.asp
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:di3k5d$ja$1$830fa17d@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
> In access, a form creates a new record. This record is not updateable -
> message says that someone else is editing the record. However, in EM, the
> record is updatable.
> What a I doing wrong?
> Do I need to supply further info?
> cheers,
> NEIL
>

New record results in blank foreign key in subform

Hello,

I have a form with a subform. The mainform has a primary key ([ID]) and the subform has a foreign key ([MasterID]). When new records are added in the mainform, I get an error message that says, "ODBC -- Call Failed." The error message goes on to say that it cannot insert a null value into the column [MasterID], the foreign key in my subform.

[ID] and [MasterID] are in a one-to-one relationship. The data in the main form represents information at an initial state and the data in the subform represents an end state.

The error message seems to happen before the form's Before Insert event, so I am really at a loss as to how to fix this. I am new to SQL server. The backend files are on SQL server and the front end is running on Access in an MDB file.

Thanks,
JoshSorry, I figured out what was going on - my relationship was not set up correctly. I had test data in my child table with no parent. This caused the relationship to save incorrectly.

New Id

I am using Microsoft Visual Studios 2005 Pro creating a web form in asp.net with a vb.net code page. I am trying to get the id of a newly inserted record. I am using the sqldatasource insert command to insert the record. Does anybody know how to return the new id. during the insert? Thanks, Any help is appreciated

there are basically 2 ways of doing that.

1. Create ID before you do insert using something like SELECT Max(id) +1 FROM ... Use this approach if you ID field is not set as a identity column

2. If your id field is an identity field then you can write a stored procedure that inserts the record and then you do something like

SET @.ID = scope_identity()

Where @.ID is your output parameter or you can return it as a return value.

|||

Here is a modified sample from Quickstarts tutorial with inline SQL for insert (ContactID is the Identity field of the table):

ProtectedSub SqlDataSource1_Inserted(ByVal senderAsObject,ByVal eAs System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceStatusEventArgs)

Response.Write("Record Inserted: " + Server.HtmlEncode(e.Command.Parameters("@.ContactID").Value.ToString()) +"<br/>")

EndSub

<asp:GridViewAutoGenerateColumns="False"DataKeyNames="ContactID"DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"

ID="GridView1"runat="server">

<Columns>

<asp:CommandFieldShowDeleteButton="True"/>

<asp:BoundFieldDataField="ContactID"HeaderText="ContactID"InsertVisible="False"

ReadOnly="True"SortExpression="ContactID"/>

<asp:BoundFieldDataField="ContactName"HeaderText="ContactName"SortExpression="ContactName"/>

</Columns>

</asp:GridView>

<asp:SqlDataSourceConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MSDN_forumConnectionString %>"ID="SqlDataSource1"

runat="server"SelectCommand="select ContactID, ContactName from Contacts"

InsertCommand="INSERT INTO Contacts (ContactName) VALUES (@.contactName);SELECT @.contactID = Scope_Identity()"

OnInserted="SqlDataSource1_Inserted"DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM Contacts WHERE ContactID = @.ContactID">

<InsertParameters>

<asp:ParameterName="contactName"Type="String"/>

<asp:ParameterDirection="Output"Name="contactID"Type="Int32"/>

</InsertParameters>

<DeleteParameters>

<asp:ParameterName="ContactID"/>

</DeleteParameters>

</asp:SqlDataSource>

<br/>

<asp:DetailsViewAutoGenerateRows="False"DataKeyNames="ContactID"DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"

DefaultMode="Insert"HeaderText="Insert New Contact"Height="50px"ID="DetailsView1"

runat="server"Width="125px">

<Fields>

<asp:BoundFieldDataField="ContactID"HeaderText="ContactID"InsertVisible="False"

ReadOnly="True"SortExpression="ContactID"/>

<asp:BoundFieldDataField="ContactName"HeaderText="ContactName"SortExpression="ContactName"/>

<asp:CommandFieldShowInsertButton="True"/>

</Fields>

</asp:DetailsView>

|||

orka777:

there are basically 2 ways of doing that.

1. Create ID before you do insert using something like SELECT Max(id) +1 FROM ... Use this approach if you ID field is not set as a identity column

2. If your id field is an identity field then you can write a stored procedure that inserts the record and then you do something like

SET @.ID = scope_identity()

Where @.ID is your output parameter or you can return it as a return value.

For Number 1, is correct but might no be that good even it will do the job for you.

For Number 2, the code should be like:

1SET @.MyIdentity =@.@.IDENTITY

Where @.MyIdentity in an output parameter of type int.

Here I prefere to not return the identity of the inserted record as an output parameter, I perefere to return it using the Return statment in the stored procedure., like:

1CREATE PROCEDURE MySP23AS45SET NOCOUNT ON67declare MyIdentityint-- as a normal variable in the stored procedure body89Insert Into MyTable (col1, col2)values ('A','B')10SET @.MyIdentity =ISNULL(@.@.IDENTITY,-1)-- if no record is inserted then you will get -1111213Return @.MyIdentity1415SET NOCOUNT OFF16

Good luck.|||

I am trying to do this through the sqldatasource1.insert statement that I have built using the querybuilder. When I try to put in the @.ID as an output or as a return value It says I need to declare the scalar variable. I have already added in the parameters area and it is set to output with the control being the textbox that I want the Id in. But when I add the line "SET @.NewID = scope_identity()" or "SET @.NewID = @.@.identity" then I get an error on both @.NewId and @.SN which is another scalar variable which normally works fine and works fine again after I pull that line out. But I'm not doing it as a stored procedure. Could that be the problem? I don't know about stored procedures. How do I create them?

|||

Carehalf:

I don't know about stored procedures. How do I create them?

Just check my last post, it is a complete running fine example.

Anyway.. here is a very simple example:

1CREATE PROCEDURE MyStoredProcedureName2@.MyInputParameterint,-- input parameter of type integer3@.MyOutputParameterint OUTPUT-- output parameter of type integer45AS67-- write you statments here8-- and here9-- and here as well :)1011-- how to set a value for ourput parameter12SET @.MyOutputParameter = 100-- just for example1314-- how to increment the input parameter by 1 (for example)15SET @.MyInputParameter = @.MyInputParameter + 1161718/* At the end you the @.MyOutputParameter output parameter value19 will be 100 (as per the logic in this simple example20 Did you see how easy it is to created a stored procedure? */21

Good luck.

|||

I understand the stored procedure from looking at your last statement and this one, but I am not sure where to create it

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Carehalf:

I understand the stored procedure from looking at your last statement and this one, but I am not sure where to create it

Create you stored procedures in your application/project database.

Example:

USE MyDatabase
GO

Then the CREATE PROCEDURE statment as in my last two posts.

Good luck.

|||

Carehalf:

Create a table in your database and copy the code sample I posted (change the connection string in the code) and check the syntax to work for you if you don't want to create the Stored Procedure.

Here is the table definition:

CREATETABLE [dbo].[Contacts](

[ContactID] [int]IDENTITY(1,1)NOTNULL,

[ContactName] [nvarchar](50)

)