I have decided to face Access and defeat it. Or, at least, tame it enough so I can get in and out without having my shoulders completely tense up.

Access is a “wonderful” program for entering and manipulating data. It is so great that I have purchased the Access 97 Bible to help me. This book has 1026 pages, and that does not include the appendixes.

I have been reluctantly using Access for about ten years. But I am now determined to slooooooowly go through my ham radio data and correct and delete all reports and tables and forms that aren’t the way they should be. I’m tired of seeing my database called WINTER TOTAL MEMBERSHIP when it should simply be called MEMBERSHIP.

So I changed the name. This caused all 23 reports to become unusable. They are unusable now because they can’t find WINTER TOTAL MEMBERSHIP. Somehow, the writers of Access didn’t include that line of code that takes care of simple things like name changes!

But I’m slogging through and making progress.

Enough of that, though! I am back on the lake and enjoying it. The water is pretty high in the lake, and the fishing is good. The mornings are perfect for walking around, but don’t try it in the afternoons! Right now, my main activities (other than Access) are washing clothes, visiting with everyone, and mowing grass.

That’s about it now. I’m back to Access now and working on those reports!

Take care,
Suzanne