Mike Rudolph
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Access Import data into several tables at once
Dear Experts,
I have CSV file that looks something like this:
Name Company Product Type
Joe Nike Shoes
Robert Columbia Outer Wear
Tom Nike Outer Wear
And I have an Access database that has these tables and columns:
Sales Rep Table
Sales_Rep_ID SR_Name
Company Table
Company_ID Co_Name
Product Table
Product_ID Product_Name
Each ID field is the primary key and is an autonumber field. I want to import my data from the report to look like this (with whatever ID numbers come up from the autonumber field; these numbers are just examples):
Sales Rep Table
Sales_Rep_ID SR_Name SR_Company SR_Product
1 Joe 1 1
2 Robert 2 2
3 Tom 1 2
Company Table
Company_ID Co_Name
1 Nike
2 Columbia
Product Table
Product_ID Product_Name
1 Shoes
2 Outer Wear
How can this be done if the original report is long enough to want it to be automated somehow? Editing 1000+ rows by hand shouldn’t be the solution.
The first table should contain the correct foreign keys to for the child tables. Is there a way I can set up do command that would import this flat file and populate all three tables first Company and Project tables and thent he Sales rep table to ensure the right foreign key is used?
Thanks!
I have CSV file that looks something like this:
Name Company Product Type
Joe Nike Shoes
Robert Columbia Outer Wear
Tom Nike Outer Wear
And I have an Access database that has these tables and columns:
Sales Rep Table
Sales_Rep_ID SR_Name
Company Table
Company_ID Co_Name
Product Table
Product_ID Product_Name
Each ID field is the primary key and is an autonumber field. I want to import my data from the report to look like this (with whatever ID numbers come up from the autonumber field; these numbers are just examples):
Sales Rep Table
Sales_Rep_ID SR_Name SR_Company SR_Product
1 Joe 1 1
2 Robert 2 2
3 Tom 1 2
Company Table
Company_ID Co_Name
1 Nike
2 Columbia
Product Table
Product_ID Product_Name
1 Shoes
2 Outer Wear
How can this be done if the original report is long enough to want it to be automated somehow? Editing 1000+ rows by hand shouldn’t be the solution.
The first table should contain the correct foreign keys to for the child tables. Is there a way I can set up do command that would import this flat file and populate all three tables first Company and Project tables and thent he Sales rep table to ensure the right foreign key is used?
Thanks!
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