Hi John,
I keep Contacts together. I then have separate tables for specific Customer info, Vendor info, etc. The PK for Customers can be the same as the PK for Contacts. Tables related to customers don't have direct relationships to Contacts but can go there of course. Contacts then relates to Addresses, Phones, and other contact tables. In this way, all contact information is in one place making it easier to enter it and get reports ~
Just a different way to do it ...
Warm Regards,
Crystal
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On Saturday, February 28, 2015 12:07 AM, "John Viescas JohnV@msn.com [MS_Access_Professionals]" <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Crystal-
If Bill is also keeping track of Orders and Purchase Orders in the database, it would be better to have separate tables because otherwise you would need to link Contacts to both tables - ugly.
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On Feb 28, 2015, at 4:27 AM, Crystal strive4peace2008@yahoo.com [MS_Access_Professionals] <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi Bill,
To add another idea:
keep contacts together and then create a cross-reference table for the contact category (ie: Customer, Vendor) -- that way, the information needs only be entered once and is easier to keep up to date if a contact changes. This is what is done here in my Contact template:
Warm Regards,
Crystal
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On Saturday, February 21, 2015 1:36 AM, "John Viescas JohnV@msn.com [MS_Access_Professionals]" <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Bill-
Separate tables would be better.
John Viescas, Author
Microsoft Access 2010 Inside Out
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On Feb 20, 2015, at 11:37 PM, 'Bill Singer' Bill.Singer@at-group.net [MS_Access_Professionals] <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I am putting a database together to assist my son in his small business.
He have vendors that he buys from and he has customers that he sells to. In general the information in these tables are similar but not exactly the same.
Would it be best to put them in separate tables or the same table with a key field that distinguishes them from each other, such as 1 = Vendors, 2 = Customers.
I just thought I would ask before I get too far into this.
Thanks
Bill
Minnesota.
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