> It didn't work so here are all the fields
> from the 3 forms again how do I put them into tables so
> this will be a relational database ? I went back to the
> pencil and paper and Iam getting confused ???
I think I remember something about this before, and suggested some of the
key entities you would be likely to need. Some thoughts on this post:
It seems that you are starting from your existing forms. Although you will
need to take some notice of them in due course, it is nearly always a bad
place to start from. As I indicated last time, you need to be thinking
about the "things" you are involved in and how they relate to each other.
> 1. Location/Name= This is the name of the road or a
> persons name
Two different things: presumably the road belongs to the Dumpsite, the name
belongs to a Person.
> 2. Incident # = the number that it assign as they
> are called in
This belongs to an Incident, surely?
> 3. Directions from the court house= name of road
> where site is
Presumably this belongs to a Dumpsite. How is this different from (1)?
etc etc...
> Digital Photos Table I think I understand how to do
> this? I found a picture example within the Northwind
Not a very good idea. Pictures are very poorly stored in Access and rapidly
lead to oversized mdb files. See Dev's site for advice on how to display
pictures in a database <http://www.mvps.org/access>.
etc. etc.
One good way to start modelling is to create a piece of paper (or a Post-It
note) for each entity and write the attributes you want to keep on each of
them; and then start drawing lines between them for how they interact. For
example, you would have a line between Dumpsite and Contract, and then one
from Contracts to FeesPaid, and Contracts to LabourCosts and so on. Take a
long time over this: about 75% to 90% of your overall development time is
common, and don't go near a keyboard or start Access until you have all
this straight.
I have to say that this does not look like a trivial project, especially
for a beginner. Have you considered the costs/ benefits of external paid
help? No, I am not touting for business as I have a real job to go to! We
are always happy to support specific questions here, but there is going to
have to be a _lot_ of information gathering in order to understand your
business scenario well enough to design it at a distance.
Hope that helps
Tim F