[mso] Re: Access 2002 normalizing a database

  • From: "Green" <1z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:40:32 +0100

Hi Suzanne,

Why do you want to do this? Are you talking about a lot of records? A
simple query should give you a table with non duplicated patients if
you just want a list of unique names.

Lisa

> Split the transaction table into two - one containing just
> patient info and
> one containing the transaction info creating a one to many
> relationship.
> The patient info only consists of first name, and last
> name.  Currently
> there's no good primary key field. They have not been using
> social security
> number or any field like that to identify a patient. I'm
> guessing I'll have
> to use an autonumber field as the way to relate the two
> tables?  Thanks for
> any help.
>


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