Production labels, Need to flag record when successfully printed.

Question

Hello,
I am using CR2008 and I design a production label, this label goes to the floor to be made. My problem is that, there are orders entered all day long and labels need to be printed twice a day. When the query updates, it pulls the info of all day and the person printing labels cannot identify what has printed. I need to be able to flag or update a field in a table when label successfully prints.
I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thank You,
Jose

Answer 1

Jose,
As long as you have UPDATE permissions in the database (or whomever would be running the report), you can use a Command to do this.
It could look something like this...
CREATE TABLE #Temp (OrderID INT)
INSERT INTO #Temp(OrderID)
SELECT OrderID FROM TableName WHERE Fields = Report Criteria
UPDATE TableName SET PrintedFlag = 1
WHERE OrderID IN (SELECT OrderID FROM #Temp)
SELECT
Fields For Report
FROM  TableName
WHERE OrderID IN (SELECT OrderID FROM #Temp)
but unless you are comfortable writing SQL you should stay away from UPDATE, INSERT & DELETE statements... Actually anything other than a SELECT statement can damage your database if you don't know what you are doing.
If you have access to a DBA, let them know what you are trying to do. Writing the necessary SQL should be piece of cake for someone who knows SQL.
HTH,
Jason