Quick Question re: MS Access

divine · 19-04-2009, 20:03

PM me or MSN me please, just want a quick hand with what should be a very simple system but my head is in a muddle and i've not used Access for years.

divine · 19-04-2009, 20:50

Just in case it makes anyone feel more inclined/able to help all i'm trying to do is...

Have 1 table (I think) with about 10 fields in it and a few dozen records.

I want to then be able to query it so I can pull up all the records for a certain field with a certain value.

i.e say the field was Forename, I want to be able pick out all the records where that is 'Dave' so I can compare the rest and be able to make statements about the data like 'Of everyone called Dave, 5 of them have brown hair'

Atm I just have the total numbers in excel so all I can do is say 'there are 7 people called dave' and 'there are 12 people with brown hair' but not link the two.

Anyone help? It should be embarrassingly simple but I can't figure it out for the life of me, i've not touched a database for about 5 years.

Mark · 20-04-2009, 01:21

SELECT * FROM <table> WHERE Forename = 'Dave';

SELECT HairColour,COUNT(HairColour) FROM <table> WHERE Forename = 'Dave' GROUP BY HairColour;

divine · 20-04-2009, 01:46

Cheers, I shall give that a go in a bit!

19-04-2009, 20:03	#1
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Quick Question re: MS Access PM me or MSN me please, just want a quick hand with what should be a very simple system but my head is in a muddle and i've not used Access for years. __________________

19-04-2009, 20:50	#2
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Just in case it makes anyone feel more inclined/able to help all i'm trying to do is... Have 1 table (I think) with about 10 fields in it and a few dozen records. I want to then be able to query it so I can pull up all the records for a certain field with a certain value. i.e say the field was Forename, I want to be able pick out all the records where that is 'Dave' so I can compare the rest and be able to make statements about the data like 'Of everyone called Dave, 5 of them have brown hair' Atm I just have the total numbers in excel so all I can do is say 'there are 7 people called dave' and 'there are 12 people with brown hair' but not link the two. Anyone help? It should be embarrassingly simple but I can't figure it out for the life of me, i've not touched a database for about 5 years. __________________

20-04-2009, 01:46	#4
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Cheers, I shall give that a go in a bit! __________________

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20-04-2009, 01:21	#3
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	SELECT * FROM <table> WHERE Forename = 'Dave'; SELECT HairColour,COUNT(HairColour) FROM <table> WHERE Forename = 'Dave' GROUP BY HairColour;