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    Question Editing data across three tables


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    I have three tables in this database. The Rolodex table includes all information for everyone in the company. The two other tables separate the Rolodex into two different categories, Non Board Members and Board Members. My question is how do I get this to work so if I update the Rolodex it will update the information in the Board Members/Non Board Members as well in order to keep the data accurate?

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    What you have is a bad design. You only need one table (Rolodex) with one extra field: MemberType (notice no space in field name) with values of Board and Non-Board.

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    You only need one table. It should have a field for MemberType with values of Board and Non Board (or B, NB or whatever). Whatever tblRolodex is, it likely can be replaced with a query that returns either B or NB. Repeating data across tables is a no-no. Maybe research normalization:

    Normalization Parts I, II, III, IV, and V
    http://rogersaccessblog.blogspot.com...on-part-i.html
    and/or
    http://holowczak.com/database-normalization/

    Entity-Relationship Diagramming: Part I, II, III and IV
    http://rogersaccessblog.blogspot.com...ng-part-i.html

    How do I Create an Application in Microsoft Access?
    http://rogersaccessblog.blogspot.com...cation-in.html

    or find ones you like better.

    EDIT - some of your fields don't belong in the same table at all. "Kids" is a type of 'many' field as a member can have more than one. 'Many' attributes of an entity (Member) belong in their own table. If it is possible that many attributes can belong to many members, you need a junction table for every case. You will forever struggle with this db if you don't normalize it properly.
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    Put everybody in one table. Have a True/False field to indicate board member.

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    IMO, no to T/F field because someday there might be a 3rd member type. T/F limits you to only 2 possibilities.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micron View Post
    IMO, no to T/F field because someday there might be a 3rd member type. T/F limits you to only 2 possibilities.
    Valid point.

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