Does anyone know how I could limit the number of rows allowed in a MS
Access table... want to limit it to 1.

campbellwarren@gmail.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Does anyone know how I could limit the number of rows allowed in a MS
> Access table... want to limit it to 1.
>[/color]
From a form, in the OnCurrent event, you could have something like
Me.AllowAdditions = (Me.Recordsetclone.recordcount > 0)

campbellwarren@gmail.com wrote in
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> Does anyone know how I could limit the number of rows allowed
> in a MS Access table... want to limit it to 1.
>[/color]
Create an autonumbe field. set the table validation property to
[field]=1, Replace [field] with the actual name of your field.


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use TOP function

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> campbellwarren@gmail.com wrote in
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>> Does anyone know how I could limit the number of rows allowed
>> in a MS Access table... want to limit it to 1.
>>[/color]
> Create an autonumbe field. set the table validation property to
> [field]=1, Replace [field] with the actual name of your field.[/color]

I wouldn't use a table-level validation rule, but a field-level rule
on the Autonumber field, and make it <=10 or whatever the limit on
the number of records you want to limit it to.

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"baonks@gmail.com" <baonks@gmail.com> wrote in
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> use TOP function[/color]

That will work in SQL, but has nothing to do with the original
question, which is about limiting the number of rows that can be
added to a table.

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> Bob Quintal <rquintal@sympatico.ca> wrote in
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>> campbellwarren@gmail.com wrote in
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>>> Does anyone know how I could limit the number of rows
>>> allowed in a MS Access table... want to limit it to 1.
>>>[/color]
>> Create an autonumbe field. set the table validation property
>> to [field]=1, Replace [field] with the actual name of your
>> field.[/color]
>
> I wouldn't use a table-level validation rule, but a
> field-level rule on the Autonumber field, and make it <=10 or
> whatever the limit on the number of records you want to limit
> it to.[/color]

How can you set a field validation rule for an autonumber?
There's no property for that in the design grid. (ACC2000)


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>> Bob Quintal <rquintal@sympatico.ca> wrote in
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>>> campbellwarren@gmail.com wrote in
>>> news:1142108625.573777.19070@j52g2000cwj.googlegro ups.com:
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>>>> Does anyone know how I could limit the number of rows
>>>> allowed in a MS Access table... want to limit it to 1.
>>>>
>>> Create an autonumbe field. set the table validation property
>>> to [field]=1, Replace [field] with the actual name of your
>>> field.[/color]
>>
>> I wouldn't use a table-level validation rule, but a
>> field-level rule on the Autonumber field, and make it <=10 or
>> whatever the limit on the number of records you want to limit
>> it to.[/color]
>
> How can you set a field validation rule for an autonumber?
> There's no property for that in the design grid. (ACC2000)[/color]

You're right -- my brain fart.

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>> "David W. Fenton" <XXXusenet@dfenton.com.invalid> wrote in
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>>> Bob Quintal <rquintal@sympatico.ca> wrote in
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>>>> campbellwarren@gmail.com wrote in
>>>> news:1142108625.573777.19070@j52g2000cwj.googlegro ups.com:
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know how I could limit the number of rows
>>>>> allowed in a MS Access table... want to limit it to 1.
>>>>>
>>>> Create an autonumbe field. set the table validation[/color][/color][/color]
property[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> to [field]=1, Replace [field] with the actual name of your
>>>> field.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't use a table-level validation rule, but a
>>> field-level rule on the Autonumber field, and make it <=10[/color][/color][/color]
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>>> whatever the limit on the number of records you want to[/color][/color][/color]
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>>> it to.[/color]
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>> How can you set a field validation rule for an autonumber?
>> There's no property for that in the design grid. (ACC2000)[/color]
>
> You're right -- my brain fart.
>[/color]
Actually, after thinking about it, you don't need an autonumber,
just an int. set the default value to 1, the primary key to the
field, and the validation rule to allow only the one number.



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>> Bob Quintal <rquintal@sympatico.ca> wrote in
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>>>> Bob Quintal <rquintal@sympatico.ca> wrote in
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>>>>> campbellwarren@gmail.com wrote in
>>>>> news:1142108625.573777.19070@j52g2000cwj.googlegro ups.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know how I could limit the number of rows
>>>>>> allowed in a MS Access table... want to limit it to 1.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Create an autonumbe field. set the table validation[/color][/color]
> property[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>> to [field]=1, Replace [field] with the actual name of your
>>>>> field.
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't use a table-level validation rule, but a
>>>> field-level rule on the Autonumber field, and make it <=10[/color][/color]
> or[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> whatever the limit on the number of records you want to[/color][/color]
> limit[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> it to.
>>>
>>> How can you set a field validation rule for an autonumber?
>>> There's no property for that in the design grid. (ACC2000)[/color]
>>
>> You're right -- my brain fart.
>>[/color]
> Actually, after thinking about it, you don't need an autonumber,
> just an int. set the default value to 1, the primary key to the
> field, and the validation rule to allow only the one number.[/color]

Well, that works for a single-record table, but fails for any other
number of records.

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