Complicated search function
I have a form that has 5 comboboxes on it. They are named cboCriteria1, cboCriteria2, cboCriteria3, cboCriteria4, and cboCriteria5,
And I have a table that looks like this:
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If the user selects "Football" in any one of the 5 comboboxes I want the records that have "Football" entered in any of the 5 criteria fields in the table to be displayed in a form that opens in datasheet view mode. Or in this case, records 1 and 6. And f the user selects "Football" in all 5 comboboxes then I want the same result... records 1 and 6 to be displayed.
But if the user for example selects "Football" in the 3rd combobox and "Baseball" in the 2nd combobox then I want all of the field data in records 1, 5, and 6 to display.
The resulting form should display all data in each of the records that have been found. The form will open as a result of a click of a command button.
And I have a table that looks like this:
If the user selects "Football" in any one of the 5 comboboxes I want the records that have "Football" entered in any of the 5 criteria fields in the table to be displayed in a form that opens in datasheet view mode. Or in this case, records 1 and 6. And f the user selects "Football" in all 5 comboboxes then I want the same result... records 1 and 6 to be displayed.
But if the user for example selects "Football" in the 3rd combobox and "Baseball" in the 2nd combobox then I want all of the field data in records 1, 5, and 6 to display.
The resulting form should display all data in each of the records that have been found. The form will open as a result of a click of a command button.
You're going to have to use VBA I suspect to first count the number of combo boxes used for the search and then build the appropriate WHERE clause.
As a side note, your table structure should not be horizontal in this manner, but instead vertical, such as
RecordId
Criteria
CriteriaType
...
As a side note, your table structure should not be horizontal in this manner, but instead vertical, such as
RecordId
Criteria
CriteriaType
...
Your going to have a tough time with this because the table design is not good.
At the moment, your going to be stuck with using VBA and walking the records to figure out which should be included, or building a temp table, executing multiple append queries to check each column. Then basing the form on a query with a SELECT DISTINCT so you get one row per.
You really should change the design before you go further.
Jim.
At the moment, your going to be stuck with using VBA and walking the records to figure out which should be included, or building a temp table, executing multiple append queries to check each column. Then basing the form on a query with a SELECT DISTINCT so you get one row per.
You really should change the design before you go further.
Jim.
I would agree with Jim that your table design leaves something to be desired.
However, you could create a where clause that looks something like:
WHERE instr([Criteria1] & "," & [Criteria2] & "," & [Criteria3] & "," & [Criteria4] & "," & [Criteria5], NZ(Forms!yourForm!cboCrite
OR instr([Criteria1] & "," & [Criteria2] & "," & [Criteria3] & "," & [Criteria4] & "," & [Criteria5], NZ(Forms!yourForm!cboCrite
...
Another method would be to replace the combo boxes with a multi select list and build a string from the items selected in the list (would require VBA) and in that case, the SQL would look something like:
WHERE [Critieria1] IN ("Football", "Baseball")
OR [Criteria2] IN ("Football", "Baseball")
...
However, you could create a where clause that looks something like:
WHERE instr([Criteria1] & "," & [Criteria2] & "," & [Criteria3] & "," & [Criteria4] & "," & [Criteria5], NZ(Forms!yourForm!cboCrite
OR instr([Criteria1] & "," & [Criteria2] & "," & [Criteria3] & "," & [Criteria4] & "," & [Criteria5], NZ(Forms!yourForm!cboCrite
...
Another method would be to replace the combo boxes with a multi select list and build a string from the items selected in the list (would require VBA) and in that case, the SQL would look something like:
WHERE [Critieria1] IN ("Football", "Baseball")
OR [Criteria2] IN ("Football", "Baseball")
...
Too all.. Thank you so far. I have attached a mock-up database with data entered that may help someone figure out an answer, Note that I did re-work the initial table.
SearchMockup.accdb
SearchMockup.accdb
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