Comments on: Setting Up the Data

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 21 May 2005 20:02:00 +0000

I hope everybody reads frank's words with care - he's got it exactly right.

I've been making a living for years as a one man shop doing just that.

Leverage Excel on Access and vice-versa. It's the way to go.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 20 May 2005 21:56:00 +0000

Combining the powers of Excel and Access, that’s exactly what I am doing to keep on top of really complex data. With Excel you can solve any numerical problem, as long as you sort of disconnect it from the rest of your data. Access, on the contrary, wants you to connect as many data as possible, however it has very little calculating power. The secret of managing your data correctly is to systematically import the calculated data from Excel into Access.

By: David Wasserman

David Wasserman — Fri, 20 May 2005 19:41:00 +0000

Dick,

There are many reasons not to use strings like Player's Name as a Primary Key. Chief among them is if you have two players with the same name and primary keys must be unique. In addition, joining tables is quicker with a number field than a string field and the number fields take up less space.

Good luck with your progress.

By: John Wells

John Wells — Fri, 20 May 2005 18:15:00 +0000

I am very interested in your progress and am willing to help you out. I have a little Excel programming and Java knowledge, though little experience with Access.

I, too, am running a golf league based on match play and have attempted to do the same thing with a Java program. It became to much of a bother, so I use brute force in excel (no macros or vba yet).

Let me know if I can assist.

Hope you keep us all informed.