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Access 2010 into single table
Hello,

I have 7 tables of information, all tables have the same fields.  I would like to
combine the tables into 1 master table and then remove the previous ones.
 My intent to do this is so I then have just one table to work with in trying to
isolate and remove duplication.  Any and all assistance would be greatly
appreciated.

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Asked: 2014-09-03

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Neil Russell
Technical Development Lead
Commented: 2014-09-03

LVL 37 INSERT INTO maintablename SELECT * FROM firstoldtable

INSERT INTO maintablename SELECT * FROM secondoldtable
INSERT INTO maintablename SELECT * FROM nextoldtable

etc...

FreddyBass
Author Commented: 2014-09-03

Hi Neilsr,

Thank you for your input, where to put what you have written?

INSERT INTO maintablename SELECT * FROM firstoldtable

INSERT INTO maintablename SELECT * FROM secondoldtable
INSERT INTO maintablename SELECT * FROM nextoldtable

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 Hamed Nasr
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Commented: 2014-09-03

LVL 31 Try:

SELECT * INTO mainTable

FROM (SELECT * FROM tbl1 UNION  SELECT * FROM tbl2 ...  UNION
SELECT * FROM tbl7)

... to be replaced by UNION for all other remaining tables

FreddyBass
Author Commented: 2014-09-03

Hello Neilsr,

I will have a look at the following link and let you know if that provides the
solution I am looking for.

Thank you

Fred

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Helen Feddema
Commented: 2014-09-04

It might be better to do this operation in VBA code.  If each table has an ID
LVL 31
field as the key field, you won't be able to append to that field.  Also, you
may need to check for duplicates before adding a record.  In some cases it
might be more appropriate to update an existing record rather than adding
a new one.  here is some typical code for an "append or update" choice:
1: strSearch = "[Code] = " & lngCode
2: Debug.Print "Search string: " & strSearch
3: rstTarget.FindFirst strSearch
4:
5: If rstTarget.NoMatch = True Then
 6: 'Add new record
7: rstTarget.AddNew
8: rstTarget![Code] = lngCode
9: rstTarget![TechName] = strTech
10: rstTarget![WorkDate] = dteWork
11: rstTarget![StartTime1] = rstSource![StartTime]
12: rstTarget![EndTime1] = rstSource![EndTime]
13: curRate = CCur(Nz(rstSource![Rate]))
14: rstTarget![Rate] = curRate
15: rstTarget.Update
16: Else
17: 'Update existing record
18: rstTarget.Edit
19: rstTarget![StartTime2] = rstSource![StartTime]
20: rstTarget![EndTime2] = rstSource![EndTime]
21: rstTarget.Update
22: End If

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FreddyBass
Author Commented: 2014-09-12

Thank you for providing me the link, I was able to find more information
there for what I am trying to do

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