What if the seating chart were a database where each seat was a record and
each seat was filled by a student value in that record.  Then on the layout
you display, graphically or whatever you need, each seat it¹s associated
student.  You could even use one seating database for all seating charts by
making each record uniquely indicating the class/semester whatever.  I would
use a separate seating database for each room though just to alleviate
confusion.  This would also lend you historical records of who was assigned
to each seat for the life of the database.

Interestingly, you could do some trend analysis on the students if you get
enough data ­ where do they sit and how does that affect performance.  The
common belief is that there is a correlation ­ but I didn¹t always sit in
the front row :)

Sable


On 4/19/07 9:29 AM, "Bill Walllace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have struggled from about a week trying to link a seating chart to a student
> database. The problem I keep coming back to is that the seating chart has only
> one record and so a normal relationship does not work. I tried using multiple
> fields for each student on the map but that did not seem to work either. There
> must be some easier way to accomplish this task.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> 
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> Bill Wallace
> 
> Librarian
> 
> Manzano Day School
> 
> Albuquerque, NM  87104
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> School email - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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