I've never used Access before.  I'm decent with Excel and I've used other
databases in a limited way.  What i need to know is:  I have a spreadsheet
where we try to keep track of some of our expenses.  I need to keep track of
which purchases have already been entered and which ...

I am trying to organize relationships and joins.  There are tables that are
on  the relationship page that dont exist.  Thet have the base name of an
existing table with an added "_1"  For instance, a legitimate tabe is
"Orders", I have that table and also one named Orders_1.  ...

We've just installed Access 2003.  In a table that has 4 consecutive
fields of 3 characters each (which are all nullable), if you put 11 in
the first, 12 in the second, Access goes ahead and puts 13 in the
third!!!  Try it, Mikey, you won't like it.

what can access do that excell cant as far as formulas
also i deal with bill of materials alot of different bom's but they all use
allot  of the simaler materials would access be somthing to use

Outlook xp is returning this error: "You chose to end the nonresponsive
program". When I drill into the error the error signiture shows
szAppName:Outlook.EXE szAppVer: 10.0.6626.0   Thanks in advance to anyone
with insight.

in order to set my security ie. users and their passwords in my mdb, I
replaced my System.mdw with new one with default administrator user Admin (no
password) excluded and with my new admin user and 'common' users.
Everything seems to work fine until that new mdw file is deleted ...

Is there a template I can use to scan ID cards to know if a student belongs
in a certain lunch. There are three different lunches and I would like to
scan the ID and have it show which lunch the student belongs in on the
monitor.

i have a record in my table table that is of datatype string. i'm storing a
date in that field. what i'd like to write a query to convert the field and
add 4 to it so i can compare it to variable current date. How would i be able
to do this. thanks in advance.

I am setting up a very basic database.  
Customer table
Customer entry form
proposal report

I have columns "Height" "Weight" and BMI on a table.  I would like to enter
the data in a form.  entering the first two numbers and automatic entry in
the "BMI" with the following formula (Weight / ( Height * Height) ) * 703.  
What is the sintax for the formula? should it be done ...

I would like to join a user group for Access the Phila, PA area to basically
do what is done on this site, but live.  How would I find on in this area?  
Thank you.

how can I sustain corporate culture in a small retail home business? What
plans shall I lay?

when i put in our web address all i get is directed to
http://www.fastband-services.com/

I haven't used Access for since 1996 very much and have just undertaken a
project at work to computerise recording measurements on patients.  Basically
what will need to happen is:
1 - To add a new patient

I've looked in the help files but can't find the answer.
Using Access 2000.  I need to create a field that contains a 4-digit number.
Usually this will be something like 3824.  However, some entries will have
only 3, 2 or even just one digit but it needs to be displayed as 0006 or ...