Newbies spark Posted May 11, 2001 Newbies Share Posted May 11, 2001 Hi, I am trying to restrict my database to only allow for no entry to be duplicated. Either by name or street address preferably both. thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant Posted May 14, 2001 Share Posted May 14, 2001 Here is a good site that has a lot of good tips and tricks http://www.databasepros.com Go to Resources and tips. If you look through all the tips you will find one called Delete Duplicates. You don't want to delete them but it will give you an idea on how to find duplicates. They are files that you download. Hope you find some good ideas here - it is a good site ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant Posted May 14, 2001 Share Posted May 14, 2001 Here is a good site that has a lot of good tips and tricks http://www.databasepros.com Go to Resources and tips. If you look through all the tips you will find one called Delete Duplicates. You don't want to delete them but it will give you an idea on how to find duplicates. They are files that you download. Hope you find some good ideas here - it is a good site ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philland Posted May 14, 2001 Share Posted May 14, 2001 Go to define fields, choose/highlight the name field then click on options. You'll see a window with tab sections, click on validation, then click unique to make it active. Do the same for your street address field. Now if anyone enters duplicate data in either field an alert box will come up indicating that it is a duplicate and asking whether to allow it. If you go back to the validation window you'll see an option called strict. If strict is active then users will not be given the option to allow overrides. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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