You wouldn't be hijacking a thread would you?
of course not.... you n=meant to post a new thread and hit the wrong button, yah?
:grin:

start your thread, and you'll get more responses!

ah.... got there before I could!

Just read about .net having the jet engine!
Oh well... atleast it means you can do it!

To do the sort of thing you wnat, you will have to design the DB in one of the following fashions...

1) keyword tables.... have tables with the correct word/term....then have fields for all the...

You'd need a DB engine!
Access has it's own engine... yet the saved files are only data, they don't contain anything else about from the basic tables, table records and the details for relationships...

OK.....

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=2226
http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=26956

Two different approaches!

Goodluck.

hmmm... in that case, I don't blame you! If it is too restrictive for you, then use an alternative.

Not sure about connecting to an access db though...... should be able too, but not sure..... I...

why do you need the VB.net front end?
Can't you just build the front end via Access, either as forms or as an DAP?

(Unless your friend lacks a copy of office, which would be unusual! LOL).
...

Hell, I'm no genius or expert.......
but it really does depend on several key factors;

application / usage
---- light load / heavy load
---- entering data / altering data/ processing data...

Well, I take it no one else has a clue either!

Oh well.... I'll plug and pray as I go with that one!

DAMN... thats not right.............

Sorry... less complicated!

TRY THIS... I just did, and it worked!

You have table 1 - Wheel Chair Locations.
You Have an ID field - Autonumber
You have...

OK... not to sure on this.......

You have table 1
...... CHAIRS..... Chair ID (Autonumber), Chair details (anything you like)

You have table 2
...... LOCATIONS.... Location ID (autonumber), ...

Does that make sense to anyone?

Further more... how the hell am I supposed to keep the user details?
Is it possible to keep that hidden on the page and transfer as you go from screen to screen, ...

So, does this look about right for starting with the Forum/message side of things?

*******************************************
FORUM TABLE
...

Hi all,

I've been looking at forums, I've got my hands on phpBB... (it was free!)... yet not sure about it... does alot of things I don't need.... and is a pig to alter the layout, styles etc. (my...