Store Historical Customer Addresses for Accurate Orders

In this Microsoft Access tutorial, I will show you how to store duplicate data for customer addresses on order records to preserve historical address information when a customer's details change over time. We will cover why and when it makes sense to keep duplicate data, how to add address fields to your order table and form, and how to automatically copy the address from the customer form to new orders without using VBA. This is part 1.

Grant from Ann Arbor, Michigan (a Platinum Member) asks: I followed your invoicing database setup, and it works great, but I realized it doesn't keep track of the customer's address at the time the order was placed. It just pulls the current address from the customer table. So if the customer moves or updates their info later, I lose the original shipping address for that order. I know you usually say it's not a good idea to store the same data in more than one place, but in this case, what's the best way to handle that?

Prerequisites

• Intro to VBA
• Invoicing

Links

• Bill To Ship To

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