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Getting a subset of records from a DAO Recordset in Access 2007
I have a recordset set to an SQL Statement that pulls from a very large Oracle table via OBDC connection. It pulls all the data for one year (has wage and hours detail data for employees)
I need to loop through a local table of employeess and have it calculate total wages per employee, based upon a date range, department, and their employee id. The date range
is needed when we employees who have transferred from one department to another where we use a Term Date to identify when they left a department and a Hire Date which is when they started in that department.
I know that I could query the Oracle table every time I need to calculate the totals but it takes a very long time to pull from it (about 10 seconds per pull) -- which could result in some very long processing times when processing 7000+ employees.
Is it possible to bascially query a recordset query? Here's a pseudo code example:
Main recordset's SQL (set to rsE_PRTIME):
Select * from LAWSON_PRTIME where Pay_Year = 2014
If there is a TERMDATE then
Select ENumber, Sum(Wages) as TotalWages
FROM the above referrenced recordset [rsE_PRTIME]
WHERE Date_Stamp > 1/1/2014 and <= TermDate (a variable)
GROUP BY ENumber
Post TotalWages to local table
End if
Is this even possible? If so, I think it would speed up processing time significantly over
I need to loop through a local table of employeess and have it calculate total wages per employee, based upon a date range, department, and their employee id. The date range
is needed when we employees who have transferred from one department to another where we use a Term Date to identify when they left a department and a Hire Date which is when they started in that department.
I know that I could query the Oracle table every time I need to calculate the totals but it takes a very long time to pull from it (about 10 seconds per pull) -- which could result in some very long processing times when processing 7000+ employees.
Is it possible to bascially query a recordset query? Here's a pseudo code example:
Main recordset's SQL (set to rsE_PRTIME):
Select * from LAWSON_PRTIME where Pay_Year = 2014
If there is a TERMDATE then
Select ENumber, Sum(Wages) as TotalWages
FROM the above referrenced recordset [rsE_PRTIME]
WHERE Date_Stamp > 1/1/2014 and <= TermDate (a variable)
GROUP BY ENumber
Post TotalWages to local table
End if
Is this even possible? If so, I think it would speed up processing time significantly over
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Thanks for the quick response.
I do know how to do this via the making a table route, but was hoping to not have to create a local table out of the data as it can take litterally hours to make the table from this data (I've tried that route). I have tested passthrough queries in the past and didn't seem to gain much in the speed department on this database
We're not using SQL Server, but Oracle and I don't have the rights to create any views from that side, only the ODBC connection so I cannot create a View.
I'm guessing that this is not possible "in memory", only via local tables or views?
I do know how to do this via the making a table route, but was hoping to not have to create a local table out of the data as it can take litterally hours to make the table from this data (I've tried that route). I have tested passthrough queries in the past and didn't seem to gain much in the speed department on this database
We're not using SQL Server, but Oracle and I don't have the rights to create any views from that side, only the ODBC connection so I cannot create a View.
I'm guessing that this is not possible "in memory", only via local tables or views?
ASKER
Well, I tried making a table from a passthrough and it wasn't as bad as I thought this time around -- about 4 minutes -- I think I can live with that.
<<<<<We're not using SQL Server, but Oracle and I don't have the rights to create any views from that side, only the ODBC connection so I cannot create a View.
I'm guessing that this is not possible "in memory", only via local tables or views?>>>
You can Filter a Recordset but I don't think you can create a SQL Select statement using a Recordset as the Table or Query. Plus your Filter on the Recordset would not create the Sum for you.
Since you only have access to the Oracle server via ODBC then a local table would be the next alternative.
Again, I've had much success with various databases as the backend by dumping the results of the Select query to a temp table then manipulate from there.
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I'm guessing that this is not possible "in memory", only via local tables or views?>>>
You can Filter a Recordset but I don't think you can create a SQL Select statement using a Recordset as the Table or Query. Plus your Filter on the Recordset would not create the Sum for you.
Since you only have access to the Oracle server via ODBC then a local table would be the next alternative.
Again, I've had much success with various databases as the backend by dumping the results of the Select query to a temp table then manipulate from there.
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<<<<<Well, I tried making a table from a passthrough and it wasn't as bad as I thought this time around -- about 4 minutes -- I think I can live with that.>>>
Also, you should be able to create your original Recordset based on the passthrough query instead of creating the temp table.
Test each method and see which performs the best.
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Also, you should be able to create your original Recordset based on the passthrough query instead of creating the temp table.
Test each method and see which performs the best.
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ASKER
Works perfectly! Thanks - the passthrough rocks! (and so do you)
rst.Edit
rst!TotalWages = DSum("Wages", "WagesView", "Date_Stamp >#1/1/2014# And Date_Stamp <=#" & rst!TermDate & "#")
rst.Update
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