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About Marty Landman
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Expertise
Database installation, analysis & design and programming questions.

Experience
Have done application programming as well as some installation and administration mostly with MySQL for web servers and site development and also with IMS and DB2 on legacy systems in the past.

Education/Credentials
MS in computer science.

   

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Questions Answered By Expert  Marty Landman 
In Category  Database Programming

SubjectDate Asked

POS Database7/14/2008
  Q: I'm trying to make a POS point-of-sale software. I only know using ms access for database. Is ms ...
  A: Jeric, Access is a fine database - your most important decision might be which platform to use ...
Calculating a business day4/18/2008
  Q: Do you know a simple method of taking a date and calculting 5 business days from that date? For ...
  A: Jill, You didn't say which database you're using. Mysql, like the other databases has extensive ...
Skip Blank Line4/14/2008
  Q: .expert, I have a report, i would like to skip blank line records, how?
  A: Hasmukh, It depends. What are you doing specifically? What software are you using? Can you check ...
simple database4/11/2008
  Q: not sure if I've found the right expert, but, I'm looking for a simple database program that will ...
  A: Johnny, Have you looked at Excel? This sounds like exactly what spreadsheets are designed for. Also ...
Auto select items in a list box based on a combo box4/9/2008
  Q: . i have a small form based on a query, i have one list box of all names in the list and one unbound ...
  A: Yankel, Selecting on the fly is only possible using: 1) javascript 2) Ajax 3) server side ...
ms access2/29/2008
  Q: I have a database from which I need to export data (a query)! The data needs to be exported in a ...
  A: Neil, I'm not familiar with MS Access' export options, however maybe this shareware product will be ...
Oracle global variable2/18/2008
  Q: I having an oracle 3 tier design, i have a hp-ux based oracle database, and windows 2003 base oracle ...
  A: Ali, While I don't personally have experience with this issue I found a discussion involving what ...
Suggest Database Software2/13/2008
  Q: I have been looking around at some different database software, but have not committed to anything. ...
  A: Pat, It doesn't matter which database you use, just as it doesn't matter whether you use Snap On or ...
Query optimization2/12/2008
  Q: Wanna know some of the key points by which we can optimize a big query with so many joins,running ...
  A: Deepa, Start with these online tutorials http://littlelink.webtrouble.com/?WMQP ...
access to web2/11/2008
  Q: I have a filter tracking database on access standalone. we put in air monitoring field data. Lab in ...
  A: Bob, With all due respect you will either need to get a bid from a programmer like me or have ...
access to web2/11/2008
  Q: I have a filter tracking database on access standalone. we put in air monitoring field data. Lab in ...
  A: Bob, If by easy you mean is this something a person with no web development experience can do in a ...
data security8/7/2007
  Q: I want to know about ; how we can secure our data base file, so that anybody can't open it. Can we ...
  A: There are two basic things you can do which I am familiar with. First, have an id and password set ...
Maintaining a database on the web8/2/2007
  Q: What programs are available (and what is the best) for a db that needs to be web accessible?
  A: There really are a wide variety of options here. From the very simplistic such as my form to ...
Mail Labels7/14/2007
  Q: I have a database completed of 850 names, addresses. I wish to merge this info to mailing labels. ...
  A: I would approach this by writing a simple program to print the data out, and then use the newline ...
Inventory Database7/3/2007
  Q: Hey Marty, I have Microsoft Access 2003 and I need to create a database that will store all of the ...
  A: Jay, This involves the development of an application. What I mean is that you can input the ...
Building a Database6/18/2007
  Q: I am planning to manage a website that stores client data (information) through forms, and also ...
  A: Avneesh, You may be in luck. I have an open source product which takes form data and puts it on ...
SQL5/30/2007
  Q: I am studying IT and have an exam and I know I should know this but I have only just found out there ...
  A: Look at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/operator-precedence.html and you'll see 12.2.1. ...
database programming3/16/2007
  Q: I am using a vb data project. the database is ms access database. the problem arises when I try to ...
  A: What changed to make this a problem? Or is it possible that the data in certain rows was not right ...
Access3/14/2007
  Q: Goodafternoon. Could I ask you one question concerning MS Access? I have one table A table with ...
  A: Can you please write back with the table descriptions for the two tables? Also with an example of ...
Too much data for access database2/17/2007
  Q: Good morning. I have been requested to create training db. Been given list of employee names, list ...
  A: Lori, I would split this into multiple tables and find relationships between them through ...
SQL date query question2/15/2007
  Q: How would I then get a list like this?: TOTAL_PRICE_PER_MONTH MONTH 100 ...
  A: Not knowing how the table is organized can suggest the easiest way would be to collect the ...
SQL date query question2/15/2007
  Q: I have a database which has a list of products, then a list of the price of each product, and then a ...
  A: TJ, select sum(price) from _________ where transactionDate like '__/02/____'; assuming the date is ...
powerpoint slides in MS Access database10/10/2006
  Q: Marty, this is difficult to describe. I guess I need a table with slides, but do I need to convert ...
  A: Suggest you consider using Open Office http://www.openoffice.org/ to convert your .ppt files into ...
powerpoint slides in MS Access database10/10/2006
  Q: I have a project where I have about 200 Powerpoint slides and need to put them in a database so that ...
  A: Phil, Sorry about the false 'can't answer' reply. My mouse has a mind of its own sometimes. Not ...
transferring excel spread sheet into a searchable database10/4/2006
  Q: I am cutting and pasting information from "yell.com" on potential advertisers for my company into an ...
  A: Michele, The answer to the questions is a resounding "maybe". It's possible to export data from ...
HR Template Database Design10/2/2006
  Q: I'm looking for a Human Resource Database Schema. I've been looking on the internet, but cannot find ...
  A: Louw, Here are several including an Oracle DB demo - as you can see XML is the popular methodology ...
BTRIEVE LOCK FILES9/26/2006
  Q: Good research. Thanks for the tips. I have tried everthing, including DOS emulator modes. I may ...
  A: Ted, I'm surprised you're being left high and dry like this, especially given the info I saw about ...
BTRIEVE LOCK FILES9/26/2006
  Q: Do you have BTRIEVE data engine tuning experience? I have a ten year old DOS based accounting ...
  A: Ted, Although I am not expert at Btrieve I can tell you that a quick search showed this ...
How to write procedure?9/13/2006
  Q: I need a script for the below raised question or can you give the concept for the below question.I ...
  A: This sounds like a merge application. It's a common problem in computer programming. Suggest begin ...

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