Question

i have a MS access database with a table such as the one below and i am trying to figure out the sql needed to determine the total number of times the date changes across all the fields for each defectID record.

also, note that each day i add a field to the table, so if this can be made dynamic that would be best.

when there are no dates i would like the result to display 0 (zero)

thanks all

Answer 1

you definitely have a normalization issue here.

you should consider moving the date to another table – maybe similar to the following:

Retest Estimate
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defect_id
estimate_date
ready_date