Finding ACCESS Group and/or consultant

[Robert Magnuson via AccessMonster.com]

Hi, I am Bob Magnuson VP FFG Ltd and am new here. I am a mid-ACCESS user
looking for PC groups most committed to MS ACCESS, in the northeast MA or
southeast NH area and/or a consultant there.

I have a big ACCESS database, with 100 text and number fields, to download
into. I have 4 Internet databases I subscribe to, with 3 more coming, as
sources to download into MY database from. I need field mapping of my
database fields to be able to recieve Excel comma delimited and other
formatted data, to assure data goes to matching fields. My user name is Bxx
thanks Robert Magnuson


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Hi, I am Bob Magnuson VP FFG Ltd and new here. I am a mid-Access user looking
for a PC group most committed to MS ACCESS, in the northeast MA or southeast
NH area and/or a consultant in these areas.

I have a big ACCESS database, with 100 Fields to download into. I have 4
Internet databases I subscribe to, with 3 more coming, to download data into
MY database. I need field mapping of MY database 100 fields to be able to
receive comma delimitted and other formatted data, to assure data goes to
matching fields. My user name is Bxx thanks Robert Magnuson

 

[PC Datasheet]

Bob,

I can help you. My fees are very reasonable. Contact me at my email address
below.

--
PC Datasheet
Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications
(e-mail address removed)
www.pcdatasheet.com

If you can't get the help you need in the newsgroup, I can help you for a
very reasonable fee. Over 1000 Access users have come to me for help.
Need a month calendar or 7 day calendar? Need appointment scheduling? Need
room reservations scheduling? Need employee work scheduling? Contact me!

 

[Duane Hookom]

Bob,
I would beware of Steve/PC Datasheet. If you search for threads that he
participates in, you will find that he seems to feel that he has the right
to use these "free, public" news groups to blatantly advertise his services.

I have never noticed any others that have a similar lack of respect for the
generally accepted purpose and netiquette of these groups.

Consider either asking specific questions to get help here, search the news
groups for similar questions and look for legitimately good answers from
ethical posters, or find a public forum for posting job/contract notices.

I expect my posting will cause rebuttal/hate messages in this thread and I
apologize in advance for that.

--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
--

Bob,

I can help you. My fees are very reasonable. Contact me at my email
address below.

--
PC Datasheet
Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications
(e-mail address removed)
www.pcdatasheet.com

If you can't get the help you need in the newsgroup, I can help you for a
very reasonable fee. Over 1000 Access users have come to me for help.
Need a month calendar or 7 day calendar? Need appointment scheduling? Need
room reservations scheduling? Need employee work scheduling? Contact me!

 

[Vincent Johns]

Steve is the person who needs to apologize!

It is a good idea to warn new posters about Steve's ethics.

Arno R

I find myself wondering about his /intelligence/... I know he's seen at
least one posting suggesting that he doesn't "get it", since he's
responded numerous times, but he still doesn't appear to get it. It's
kinda weird, especially since he actually gives helpful advice at times.
He acts like a high-schooler who may be a computer nerd, knows a fair
amount about Access, but can't figure out how to relate to human beings.
(And as if his parents don't give him much spending money but let him
play on the Internet.) I guess you just need to keep on the lookout and
continue to post your warnings.

-- Vincent Johns <[email protected]>
Please feel free to quote anything I say here.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Sorry steve, you are not a user group and you do not live near New
Hampshire.

Robert:
Your best solution is to post specific questions in these newsgroups and you
should obtain some excellent answers from some of the very best Access
experts available (PC D excluded).

John... Visio MVP

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

John... Visio MVP

I find myself wondering about his /intelligence/... I know he's seen at
least one posting suggesting that he doesn't "get it", since he's
responded numerous times, but he still doesn't appear to get it. It's
kinda weird, especially since he actually gives helpful advice at times.

That should be "apears" to giive helpful advice. There are a number of posts
where
he has given incorrect or misleading answers.

He acts like a high-schooler who may be a computer nerd, knows a fair
amount about Access, but can't figure out how to relate to human beings.
(And as if his parents don't give him much spending money but let him play
on the Internet.) I guess you just need to keep on the lookout and
continue to post your warnings.

In a previous post he has mentioned that he spent twenty years as a
gas station attendant, so that shoots down the possibility that his
immaturity
is due to his age.

 

[Vincent Johns]

Heh... I became caught up in the tangents that your thread took; I'm not
sure that most of the postings had much to do with what you asked.

I can't help you with user-group stuff, but you can get advice on some
types of Access-related questions (FREE OF CHARGE, it'd be hard to beat
the price elsewhere) on this and related newsgroups. It's possible to
get support from BOTH a user group AND the Usenet.

Concerning your database, when you mentioned your 100 text and number
fields, I began wondering just how many Tables you use to store those.
If they're all in one Table, it sounds like kind of a bear to maintain.
(Most of my Tables range from about 2 to 25 fields each, with
occasional exceptions.)

My guess is that you would prefer to automate, to the extent reasonably
possible, the process of importing the Excel or text-file data, while
taking care to properly identify all of them, n'est-ce pas?

If you would like advice on organizing your database (and my guess is
that you won't necessarily have to maintain a copy of every last Excel
column in your version to do what you need to do), you might post a copy
of sample (sanitized) data on this newsgroup, along with a concise
description of your Tables (such as what each field means, what its data
type is [integer, text, date, money], and which Excel column you import
into it). This type of problem comes up frequently, and many of the
regulars here can give you good advice on organizing your stuff so that
you can avoid loads of unnecessary work. (But some initial work is
needed to organize things so that you can avoid later headaches.)

Good luck.

-- Vincent Johns <[email protected]>
Please feel free to quote anything I say here.

 

[Pat Hartman\(MVP\)]

Boston has a very active users group. They hold "code" camp days where you
can come and get help.
http://www.bostonaccessday.com/