Sarah-
It sounds like you have a fundamental design problem. You have two subjects: Products and Colors. Some products come in many colors (or none), and all colors are potentially used by some product. Thus you have a many-to-many (Products have many Colors and Colors apply to many Products), so your table design should be:
Products: Product ID, Product Name, etc. (but NOT color ID)
Colors: Color ID, Color Description, etc.
ProductsColors: Product ID, Color ID
When a product has no color options, then there will be no row in the ProductsColors table.
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On Jul 13, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Duane Hookom duanehookom@hotmail.com [MS_Access_Professionals] <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Sarah,
Can you add a "NA" color to your color table?
Duane
To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:35:54 -0700
Subject: [MS_AccessPros] Primary Index
I have a Product table.
The primary key is the Product ID and Color ID. The same Product ID is available in multiple colors.
Some Products dont have a Color, but I can not update the record without entering something in the Color ID.
I have tried space , but it does not accept it.
Is there anyway I can have the Color ID as part of the Primary key even though in same cases it is blank/null?
Thanks
Sarah
Can you add a "NA" color to your color table?
Duane
To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:35:54 -0700
Subject: [MS_AccessPros] Primary Index
I have a Product table.
The primary key is the Product ID and Color ID. The same Product ID is available in multiple colors.
Some Products dont have a Color, but I can not update the record without entering something in the Color ID.
I have tried space , but it does not accept it.
Is there anyway I can have the Color ID as part of the Primary key even though in same cases it is blank/null?
Thanks
Sarah
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