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Simon has attended:
Access Intermediate course

Identifying and navigating field and tables

I have inherited a number of databases that I often find difficult to navigate as fields and table names are rarely in plain English. I realise this will become easier the more familiar/experienced I become with the databases, but Antony (at the intermediate training session 20th Aug) had a suggestion how I could simplify things. I don't recall what his solution was. Any suggestions?

RE: Identifying and navigating field and tables

Hi Simon,

Thank you for your question.

I imagine he meant the following naming convention that is widely used:

Tables: tbl10Customers
tbl20Orders
fields: fld10aCustomerName
fld10bCustomerAddress
fld20aOrderID
fld20bOrderDate

Each field relates to the table number and add a unique letter to represent each field.

Forms: frm10Customers

Reports: rpt10Customers

I hope this helps.

Regards

Simon

Tue 7 Sep 2010: Automatically marked as resolved.


 

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