Meaning of MsysObjects values -32758, -32757 and 3 (Microsoft Access)

Question

I\'m quering the table MsysObjects for making a list of the objects in my database:

SELECT MsysObjects.Name, MsysObjects.Type
FROM MsysObjects
WHERE (((Left$         


        

Answer 1

FWIW - IIF is a drag, and the switch solution doesn't seem valid for SQL (I may have done something wrong). I entered the values that Fionnuala offered into a new table named AccessObjectXref:

ID  ObjectType  ObjectDesc
1   -32768  Form
2   -32766  Macro
3   -32764  Report
4   -32761  Module
5   -32758  Users
6   -32757  DB Document
7   1   Table
8   2   DB
9   3   Container
10  5   Query
11  8   Subdatasheet

Then used the following SQL to create a list of object names and their counts. Obviously you could include every record if you wanted:

SELECT objectdesc, Count(*) AS Expr1
FROM msysobjects,  AccessObjectTypeXref where type = objecttype
group by objectdesc order by objectdesc