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    Behedwin is offline Advanced Beginner
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    Im stuck - new project and cant figure out how to design it

    Hey



    Im struggling to understand how to build my new project.
    To explain it as simply as possible, im building a profile of different people.

    So far i have thse tables.
    Person (contains names)
    Email (contains email field)
    Phone (contain phone numbers)
    Address (contains post address)

    But now when i start to build the form im getting stuck on how i want this to look.
    I am so used to having just one very large table.
    But i have read that it is better to have several small...
    My previous project i had a large table with phone1, phone2, phone3, adress1, adress2, etc. for each row, and each row represented one person.

    But i see the benefits of having adress for example in one table, then that person can have many more addresses and so on...

    But i feel i am forced to use sub-forms in my profile form.
    Is this the only way to work?
    Or am i missing something?

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    orange is offline Moderator
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    Access, or any software, can not do anything you do not tell it.
    You need to get some familiarity with database concepts.
    Here is a link to info on Database Planning and Design --various articles, videos, tutorials.
    Good luck.

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    davegri is online now Excess Access
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    One possible approach would be a main form for the Person.
    Then on that form place a tab control with tabs for email, phone and address.

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