Re: Hotel Booking Project Delemma
- From: "Abe" <abraham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:27:10 -0400
Thanks for the reply Haris,
I think I understand what you are saying, however the problem arises
when there are two different people assigned to One Hotel Booking,
as you indicate about the 2 Smiths.
For Example: Smith and Jones booked into the same Hotel as a double
occupancy
So the HotelBookingID record shows 2 Persons 4 Nights
When I try to design a report (or Query) that will sum all the Nights &
Persons,
I get duplicate values.
Here is a more detailed example. This is a Double Occupancy.
Smith Sheraton Hotel In Oct 10 Out Oct 14 4 Nights 2 Persons
Jones Sheraton Hotel In Oct 10 Out Oct 14 4 Nights 2 Persons
These two people are staing in the same room
So Smith and Jones come from the Member Table & are linked to the
HotelBookings via the tblHotelBookingsToMembers. The HotelBooking Detail
is only one record, but when I design a query to show the people staying at
that
hotel I get the 2 records as shown in the above example.
That's OK I understand why.
But, Here's the problem; I have to give a report to the Hotel that sums All
the
bookings (which includes others). When I design my report to sum the Nights
and Persons to give to the hotel I get 8 Nights & 4 Persons for the above
booking
I'm beginning to think that I am going about this with a faulty method.
That's why im looking for some advice. Sorry if I confused you even more.
Thanks
"Haris Rashid" <harisrashid2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AAB0B777-F8F5-47EA-92C8-1E6F8CEA5DCF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> hi,
>
> you can add the DISTINCT clause in the query serving data to the report.
> It omits records that contain duplicate data in the selected fields. To be
> included in the results of the query, the values for each field listed in
the
> SELECT statement must be unique. For example, several employees listed in
an
> Employees table may have the same last name. If two records contain Smith
in
> the LastName field, the following SQL statement returns only one record
that
> contains Smith:
> SELECT DISTINCT
> LastName
> FROM Employees;
>
> If you omit DISTINCT, this query returns both Smith records.
>
> If the SELECT clause contains more than one field, the combination of
values
> from all fields must be unique for a given record to be included in the
> results.
>
> Kind regards,
> ------
> Haris
> http://www.manage-systems.com
> -----------------------------------------
>
> "Abe" wrote:
>
> > I am having a dilemma with a Hotel Booking Project which is
> > a small part of a larger project.
> > If someone can help me with this, or refer me to a sample DB
> > it would be seriously appreciated!
> >
> > I have my tables set up as follows.
> > tblMembers one to many > tblHotelBookingsToMembers
> > tblHotelBookings one to many > tblHotelBookingsToMembers
> > (This is setup in the same manner as the Products, Order Details,
> > Orders tables in the Northwind DB)
> >
> > In the tblHotelBookings I have fields to capture Number of Nights,
> > & Persons for each booking
> > If two members are staying in the same room,
> > I book them each individually under the same HotelBooingID
> > in tblHotelBookings
> > So let's say that HotelBookingID 1001 has 3 Nights & 2 Persons.
> >
> > Because each member (John & Mary) is linked to HotelBookingID 1001,
> > when I try to create a report or query, that sums the number of room
nights
> > and persons, I get duplicate values. 6 nights & 4 persons
> >
> > Essentially I am trying to figure out how I can book two Members into
> > the same hotel (specific room #s aren't captured) so that each member
has
> > a booking in my DB and I can design a report that will show the number
of
> > persons & nights for each booking without duplicates. This info has to
be
> > passed on to the Hotel.
> > Lets see if I can be more clear...
> > If one member (John) is booked, but has a second person (i.e. Spouse)
> > staying with him who is NOT a Member, then I do NOT need to
> > show a booking for that second person in my DB.
> > I simply indicate 2 persons. So I only have ONE booking. No problem.
> > But if his spouse is a member then I must also book that person into the
DB,
> > which creates 2 members for the same HotelBookingID
> >
> > Any advice or help is welcome!
> > Thank You!
> >
> > PS: If more clarity is needed, feel free to indicate so.
> >
> >
> >
.
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