I'm just getting started an I have some questions on tables.
 

I deal with both companies and end users and I'm trying to figure out how to
set up the contact table. My plan was to set one table for companies and
have contact entries as a sub form and another form for contacts with
individuals but both the company contact sub form and the individual form
would link to the same table? My reasoning is that I may have many contacts
to one company but have individuals that contacts normally at most would be
"domestic partners"and their family members and I want to track contacts
whether it's email, phone calls, letters and more. The first question on my
form would be which kind of contact would I be working with and bring up the
correct form. I know that this will be the first of many questions.

Marc

Hi Marc

This sounds to me like "one-to-many-relations". Excel doesn't do that very
well. A database program will do this far better. If I understand this
right, that is. Excel is a spreadsheet.

HTH. Best wishes Harald


"Marc" skrev i melding
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I deal with both companies and end users and I'm trying to figure out how
to
set up the contact table. My plan was to set one table for companies and
have contact entries as a sub form and another form for contacts with
individuals but both the company contact sub form and the individual form
would link to the same table? My reasoning is that I may have many
contacts
to one company but have individuals that contacts normally at most would
be
"domestic partners"and their family members and I want to track contacts
whether it's email, phone calls, letters and more. The first question on
my
form would be which kind of contact would I be working with and bring up
the
correct form. I know that this will be the first of many questions.

Marc

My bad I thought I was posting to the Access group!

Marc


"Harald Staff" wrote in message
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Hi Marc

This sounds to me like "one-to-many-relations". Excel doesn't do that very
well. A database program will do this far better. If I understand this
right, that is. Excel is a spreadsheet.

HTH. Best wishes Harald


"Marc" skrev i melding
ink.net...
I deal with both companies and end users and I'm trying to figure out
how
to
set up the contact table. My plan was to set one table for companies
and
have contact entries as a sub form and another form for contacts with
individuals but both the company contact sub form and the individual
form
would link to the same table? My reasoning is that I may have many
contacts
to one company but have individuals that contacts normally at most would
be
"domestic partners"and their family members and I want to track contacts
whether it's email, phone calls, letters and more. The first question
on
my
form would be which kind of contact would I be working with and bring up
the
correct form. I know that this will be the first of many questions.

Marc