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MS Access 97 query - Checkboxes to new field
Hello gurus,
We have an Access Database which we are trying to port over to an Act Database. Within the Access database are a number of checkboxes for example Type of Customer. What I would like to do is have a new field called CustomerType which has the name of the Customer Type if it has a checkbox.
To illustrate - let's say you have Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and one of those is ticked. If Tinker is selected then update that record with the new field ID and have that say Tinker.
I guess it can be done with a case statement but I am not sure the syntax
In Psudocode something like
if Tinker = Yes then CustomerType=Tinker
If Tailor = Yes then CustomerType=Tailor
..
..
Else if Blank then CustomerType = Blank
Thanks in advance for any help / tips /websites to check out
Bilbo-UK
We have an Access Database which we are trying to port over to an Act Database. Within the Access database are a number of checkboxes for example Type of Customer. What I would like to do is have a new field called CustomerType which has the name of the Customer Type if it has a checkbox.
To illustrate - let's say you have Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and one of those is ticked. If Tinker is selected then update that record with the new field ID and have that say Tinker.
I guess it can be done with a case statement but I am not sure the syntax
In Psudocode something like
if Tinker = Yes then CustomerType=Tinker
If Tailor = Yes then CustomerType=Tailor
..
..
Else if Blank then CustomerType = Blank
Thanks in advance for any help / tips /websites to check out
Bilbo-UK
ASKER
Hi there rockiroads,
Would require sql commands within the VBA would it not? Any ideas what those would be?
I'm a little confused as you put IIF at the top but in your example are using IF so basically a nested if construct - should it be if or iif?
Would require sql commands within the VBA would it not? Any ideas what those would be?
I'm a little confused as you put IIF at the top but in your example are using IF so basically a nested if construct - should it be if or iif?
I dont know how you are doing your export. Are you using SQL or straight VBA?
Given sql, you can select all the fields you want, then run it, exporting results into a csv file. I am not familiar with act database but there may be a import process that allows csv imports.
Correct syntax is IIF in SQL
In VBA it is IF
Given sql, you can select all the fields you want, then run it, exporting results into a csv file. I am not familiar with act database but there may be a import process that allows csv imports.
Correct syntax is IIF in SQL
In VBA it is IF
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IIF(Tinker=true,"Tinker", IIF(Tailor=true,"Tailor", "") ) AS CustomerType
Syntax is
IIF(condition,value if true,value if false)
Now within each value, you can embed another IIF as you can see from my example above.
From the example, it reads
if tinker = true then
customer type = tinker
else
if tailor = true then
customer type = tailor
else
customer type = blank
end if
end if