Where do i find the odbc name that an access system is trying to use.
I have reached the limits of my access skills - ugh
Quite a few ways - you don't mention what version.
but, you can "hover" your cursor over a linked table like this:
Or, hit-ctrl-g (jump to debug window).
and you can type in this:
? currentdb.TableDefs("dbo_HotelView").Connect
OutPut:
ODBC;DRIVER=ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server;SERVER=albertkallal-pc\SQLEXPRESS;
Trusted_Connection=Yes;
APP=Microsoft Office 2010;
DATABASE=test3;
Network=DBMSSOCN;MultiSubnetFailover=Yes;
ConnectRetryCount=0;ConnectRetryInterval=5;
So, you do have to type in a "known" table link.
You can also right click on a linked table - choose design. (ignore the read only message). You see the table columns, and right click, choose properties (if not already displayed). And you see this:
I am trying to think of a few more ways (there are), but the above is a good start.
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I have years of Access programming under my belt, with either Access or SQL back ends. I'm volunteering my time to help a small nonprofit build a volunteer database. We are forced to use SharePoint Lists as the data backend.
Our first migration using the Access wizard worked but messed up the data because I had not created all the required relationships prior to upsizing. I did my homework, and we tried again. But even though we created a folder for all those files, the Access wizard put the lists at the root of the SharePoint file, and now they are mixed with the first round of tables, as well as other folk's stuff. So, my questions are:
Can we specify where those SharePoint Lists are stored beyond the root directory? (I worry that others may inadvertently edit those lists...)
How do I delete the lists? It says we cannot because relationships are set
How do I in the future alter the lists (like altering tables in SQL?) I know I'll need to add columns eventually.
I've searched MS and here, and MS solutions are crazy simplified, so they don't answer my questions. TIA!
Can we specify where those SharePoint Lists are stored beyond the root directory? (I worry that others may inadvertently edit those lists...)
Yes, go to the SharePoint site. From ONLY the Team site, create a sub site.
(regular sites don't work - MUST BE A CHILD of TeamSite).
You can up-size the access tables to that site.
So, just like creating a folder, or in this case a site?
Say you create a new teamsite (MUST be subsite - so crete a subsite to teamsite) called Customers. Then you can specify that target for the database. As noted, since the access table features are "special", only sites created as sub sites to TeamSite(s) will work.
So, it stands to reason that each database should get its own site (perhaps better term is sub-site). Then you can up-load/up-size a database to that one team site you just created - and all tables are thus "grouped" or part of that "one" site or URL.
So say we have a database called customers - then we create a (sub) site called customers. Your url would thus be "something" like this:
https://myCompanyName.sharepoint.com/TeamSite/Customers
How do I delete the lists? It says we cannot because relationships
Well, actually, even in Access regular tables - you as a general rule can't delete a table that is part of a related set of tables. This suggests then you have to delete the relationships first.
Display the site contents,
right click on the child table that has the related column
(choose settings).
You now are in the "settings" for that one table/list.
You can click on the column that has the relationship.
You see this:
So, you can remove the relationship. (scroll down to bottom).
And if those tables are LINKED from access?
You can use the table view in Access - and change/add columns - you do NOT necessary have to do this from the web interface.
How do I in the future alter the lists (like altering tables in SQL?) I know I'll need to add columns eventually.
You can do this from Access or SharePoint - Access side is better choice.
if the table is linked from Access, then use the table view. You not be able to jump into table design mode - but if you open a table, you see this:
And while in above I am on the last (add new) column, if I wanted to say change or add a index to say FirstName column? I could do this on SharePoint, but you ALSO can just click on any column - note the ribbon now:
So, all this is quite much basic SharePoint stuff.
But, open the linked list - you can add new columns, or remove columns - the above ribbon options show the options you have (such as index, etc.). And like always, to delete a column, in that table view from Access, right click - you have this option:
So, you add, or delete fields BOTH from the SharePoint site, or from the above table view in Access.
I would like to give a little background. I use Kodi which is set up to use my MySQL Server for storing all it needs to remember.
There is one table that stores the physical file location together with a flag whether that file was watched before or not.
I now want to share my DB with my family but I don't want them to have the same "seen" flags as I have. They should be able to store their own values.
I don't want to set up a separate MySQL Server for each of them and I would like to avoid making changes to the Kodi Code.
So is there a way I can make this column like a link that changes depending on the user that has logged in? So that the MySQL Query for Kodi keeps the same but the answer from the Server differs, depending on the user account?
Or are there any other ways you would accomplish this?
Thanks in advance :)
Right now I have a database in phpMyAdmin, and off the the side of the screen, it shows the database name, and a list of tables inside the database. It's fine if it's only a couple of tables, but when there's dozens of tables, it gets hard to find the tables I want to edit. I've thought about creating another database to make it easier to organize, but then I'll have to connect using the different database's name and a different user login for the database, and I just thought how much easier would it be if I can make folders or something similar inside the database I already have to organize my tables. I'm wondering if something like this is possible, or anyone know any work-around this issue.
Well, you can't create a database (or folders) within a database; that's just not something MySQL is able to do.
phpMyAdmin has a grouping feature that may help your situation. By default, databases with a prefix followed by _ (a single underscore) will be grouped together, as will tables with __ (two underscores).
Here's an example of how this ends up looking when grouped:
Database:
Table:
If you're able to rename some of your tables, you'll be able to take advantage of the grouping feature to make the phpMyAdmin display a bit more manageable. Of course, this won't change the way other tools display the table list.
The configuration directives $cfg['NavigationTreeDbSeparator'] and $cfg['NavigationTreeTableSeparator'] control the separator used. The relevant documentation starts at http://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/config.html#cfg_NavigationTreeEnableGrouping and includes the next few line items.
What, if any, is the difference between MySQL views and the way that phpMyAdmin shows its tables? When I created a view on phpMyAdmin by clicking "Create view" under "Query results operations" under "Browse" in a table:
,
the created view looked exactly like the view shown in the "Browse" window for that table:
I am more talking about visual style here, I know that since I used the defaults the table includes the same columns/rows. Do all SQL views look the same, visually, as phpMyAdmin tables as shown in the GUI? Is that some sort of standard, or just the way phpMyAdmin does it, and others could be different?
Is it possible to create views in the browser, or are they just created on the server for the convenience of the developer? W3schools doesn't have a syntax-testing tool for views, which makes me wonder, as they have one for pretty much everything else.
I am using phpMyAdmin 4.1.5.
You are asking about visual style. Neither tables nor views have a particular style. The tool you use -- the command line, PHPMySQLAdmin, MySQL Workbench, or whatever -- can display them however the developer likes.
For convenience, views and tables will likely look very similar or the same in most tools, because they have similar structures (but not the same functions or purposes). But how they look is up to the developer of the tool.
If you do not do anything else, a view of a table will be the same as the table itself. You might create a view of an employee table called phonebook that had only name, office number and phone extension. The employee table might only be readable by the HR director while the phonebook view would be accessible to the entire company. In this case the view has fewer columns than the underlying table.
Or you could join the employee record with the department record that he is assigned to and create a view with more columns than are in the underlying "employee" table. It sounds like you just took some default options and created a view that was just like the underlying table. It is ok for a start, but now drop the view that you made and recreate it with some purpose in mind and you will see the differences when you browse it in phpmyadmin.
A buddy of mine needed help adding multiple directories to an SQL database while sharing the same schema yet have different listings. I've scoured my "MySQL" books and Google, I can't find any definitive information. I was just hoping someone here knew how to do this.
To clarify, there are a total of 12 directories. 11 are to be searched independently of one another and the 12th (which already exists) will be a directory comprised of all 11 directories, all of which will have the same schema.
The goals are to create these unique directories using the existing schema model, and to upload multiple directory entries at a time to the directories.
Does this mean the names of the directory entries have to be unique (ie. Name_1, Name_2, Name_3, etc...?) Or, will it be a matter of duplicating the schema under a different name? Any advise will help.
A directory, in this context, is like a roledex. I mean to have 12 roledexes with each rolodex having unique entries frem eachother. How do you approach this database-wise?
After logging into your PHPMyadmin select or go in to the table you want to duplicate-and-rename, then click on "Operations." There you see a series of boxes with one called "Copy table to (database.table)" You can choose to duplicate structure and data, or structure only. Type the name you want and click go. And your new table with listing will be ready to edit and search!
If I understand what you're asking... I think you want to create a new database for each "directory," as you put it, with the same table definitions in it.
The word "database" in mySQL parlance means the same thing as "schema" in the parlance of some other RDBMS systems. You can't have two sets of data with the same table names in the same database (a/k/a schema). You need a different schema for this.
It's very common to have lots of databases in a single server with precisely the same tables / columns / keys etc. And yes, phpmyadmin can handle this.
The word "directory" is confusing, though. It ordinarily refers to the on-disk data storage used by the mySQL (RDBMS) server program. But I don't think that's what you mean. If you DO mean it, please make sure you are highly skilled at system administration before you try to muck around with the file systems on the mySQL server. It's easy to break stuff. (Ask me how I know how easy it is to break stuff :-) :-)