Access VBA run Query or run Action Query

This Access VBA tutorial explains how to run Query and run Action Query in Access VBA. You may also want to read: Access VBA delete Table records with SQL using DoCMD.RunSQL Method Access VBA run Query or Action Query Imagine you have to run 10 Action Query (e.g. Create Table, Update, Delete Table) in a row to get the final result, you have to run each Action Query one by one and the most annoying part is to click the confirmation dialogs. With Access VBA we can run a series of Action Qu...
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Access VBA loop through all Tables using DAO.TableDef

This Access VBA tutorial explains how to loop through all Tables using DAO.TableDef in Access. You may also want to read: Access VBA loop through Table records Access VBA loop through all Tables Let's say we use a Macro to import 100 Tables and then we want to delete them all. It is time consuming for us to delete one by one and there is a high risk of manual error of deleting the wrong one. In this case we want to write a Macro to loop through all Tables to delete all Tables that meet c...
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Access VBA delete Table using DoCmd.DeleteObject Method

This Access VBA tutorial explains how to delete Table (delete single table, delete multiple tables) in VBA using DoCmd.DeleteObject Method. You may also want to read: Access delete table records Access VBA delete Table In Access VBA, deleting Table can be done by DoCmd.DeleteObject Method. It is an extremely simple and straight forward, the syntax is as below. In order to delete Table, use acTable in the ObjectType argument. DoCmd.DeleteObject(ObjectType, ObjectName) Name Requ...
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Access VBA import txt using DoCmd.TransferText Method

This Access VBA tutorial explains how to import txt using DoCmd.TransferText Method in one Table or separate Table. Microsoft Access - import TXT using DoCmd.TransferText Method In my previous post , I explained how to use DoCmd.TransferText Method to export queries to files such as txt, this tutorial explains how to import txt into Table. First prepare a TXT file such as below Then import the txt file manually. Before the final step, create a specification (which field is what data ...
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Access VBA loop through Table records

This Access VBA tutorial explains how to loop through Table records or Query records in Microsoft Access. You may also want to read: Access VBA loop through all Tables using DAO.TableDef Access VBA loop through Table records Suppose we have an Acess Table or Query and you want to loop through the records (in Excel terms, to loop the values in each row), we have to make use of Recordset objects, which has different Methods to help us manipulate data in a database at the record level. I...
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Microsoft Access produce Cartesian product with Cross Join

This Microsoft Access tutorial explains how to produce Cartesian product with Cross Join in Access Query. You may also want to read: Create Cartesian product with Excel Query Microsoft Access Cartesian product with Cross Join In SQL, there are several types of Table Join: Left Join, Right Join, Inner Join and Cross Join. Cross Join is to produce all possible combination of records in joined Tables which are unrelated (without common key), the result is known as Cartesian product. Most...
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Solution to Access Error 3047 Record is too large

This Microsoft Access tutorial explains how to work around the error 3047 Record is too large when using DoCmd.TransferSpreadSheet Method. Access Error 3047 Record is too large Although Microsoft Access is a database management system, unfortunately it does not allow users to put too much data in the database. According to Access 2016 specifications , Access Table record is limited to 4000 characters, and the total size of Access is 2GB. If you create a Table that contains a record with ...
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Access replace Crosstab Query with Expression

This Microsoft Access tutorial explains how to replace Crosstab Query with Expression in order to add multiple aggregate values. Access replace Crosstab Query with Expression In previous post, I have introduced how to use Crosstab Query to build a matrix report. However, Crosstab Query has a limitation that it can only add one aggregate value in the report, which is the Sum of amount in the above example. I also don't like the fact that I need to define the order of the month in the Pro...
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Access VBA change Query criteria using QueryDef.SQL Property

This Access VBA tutorial explains how to change Query criteria in VBA using QueryDef.SQL Property. You may also want to read: Create Query using CreateQueryDef Access VBA - change Query criteria It is easy to change Query criteria in Query View, but sometimes your criteria may depend on a variable that is not a constant. In Access VBA, you can change the Query criteria using QueryDef.SQL Property. In fact, QueryDef.SQL does not really update just the update the criteria of the statement,...
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Access VBA create Query using CreateQueryDef

This Access tutorial explains how to create Query in Access VBA using CreateQueryDef Method. You may also want to read: Change Query criteria Access VBA create Query Sometimes we don't want to create Query in Query Design View, because you may create a Query with criteria depending on a variable. To create Query in Access VBA, you can directly write a SQL statement in Access VBA, and then create a Query using the SQL statement with CreateQueryDef Method. Syntax of CreateQueryDef expres...
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