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    LaughingBull is offline Competent Performer
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    Database tracking


    Is there a way to track who and when data is entered to a database.

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    Well, yes, with code. Either implement a login process or use Environ("USERNAME").

    If you want an audit trail, review http://allenbrowne.com/AppAudit.html
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    Micron is offline Very Inert Person
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    Yes but it requires a fair bit of up front design work. I assume you mean enter new records and updating existing ones because updating is 'adding' data, yes? But what about deleting records?

    In the least, you'd need a table of users, and for every table that you care about these changes, a field to tie back to that user. Knowing who doesn't tell you what or when, so that probably wouldn't be of much help. If you want to know when, that's not hard. To know what, you'd have to keep the original record for every delete/update.
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