Access Solutions

4 Ways to Use MS Access in a Corporate Environment

Through this article, we aim to understand how Access can be used in a Corporate Environment. It is very easy to fall for a product simply on its face value, without exploring its true potential. And in today’s time of false advertising, it would be naive to take things simply on their face value. If you really want to know the limits of any product or service, you will have to test it across situations and see how it performs. Now let us take the example of MS Access, a commonly used...

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How to Deal with an Access Error which Mentions Ambiguous Name Detected

In this article, we understand the error ‘Ambiguous name detected’ and how to deal with it. We make use of the Access application not just for storing data in databases but also for storing a wide range of procedures, ranging from short to lengthy, and simple to complex ones. It is not uncommon that there is more than one similar kind of procedures stored with similar file names. As a user, you might find this to be completely alright, but the application does not. If you are storing...

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4 Salient Points about Validation Rules that Every MS Access User Must Know

Through this article, we attempt to understand Validation Rules in MS Access that users of the application must be aware of. One of the most common causes of database application errors in MS Access is not adhering to the field validation rules. We are all sick and tired of errors that suddenly comes up in our database leaving us with no option but to get into the complicated procedure of finding out the cause. In some cases, mistakes in attachment data type can lead to Access corruption....

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