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ACCESS TABLES & QUERIES
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OBJECTIVES
• Create tables• Establish table relationships• Create queries• Specify criteria for different data types• Compact & Repair Database
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CREATE TABLES
• Create fields in Design View• Import data from another database or
application– Examples: Excel spreadsheets or Word text
files
• Enter data directly into rows in Datasheet views
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FIELDS IN TABLES
• Field names should be meaningful!• Access uses CamelCase notation
• Use uppercase letters for each first letter of each new word
• Example: ProductCost
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FIELD DATA TYPES
• Every field has a data type • Determines:
– The type of data that can be entered – The operations that can be performed on that
data
• Access recognizes 10 data types
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DATA TYPESNotice Yes/No and Lookup Wizard
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EXAMPLE
• Download the file European_Union database
• Rename the file as lastname_firstname_eu.accdb.
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LETS CREATE OUR FIRST TABLE
• Create a table named MemberStates• Fields are MemberID and Member with
data type as Text
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ENTER DATA INTO TABLE
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PRIMARY KEYS
Designate appropriate primary keys• MemberStates: MemberID • Demographics: MemberID • Economics: CountryID
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RELATIONSHIPS
Create appropriate relationships between• MemberStates and Demographics • MemberStates and Economics
• Enforce referential integrity and enable
cascade updates, but do not enable cascade deletes.
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QUERY1
Create a query that lists the ID, full name, capital, year of entry, population, and political system of EU member states. • Run the query to see the unrestricted
results. • Restrict the query to return records for
only those member states that are Republics.
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QUERY2-QUERY WITH OPERATORS
Create a new query that lists the full name, GDP, employment rate, and population of member states.
Only display states where the population is greater than 50 million and the employment rate is 60% or higher. Member states with GDP greater than 900 should be included irrespective of the population and employment rate.
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QUERY3-FROM QUERY2
• Create a copy of Query2. Sort the results by GDP and then by name, both in descending order.
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COMPACTING & REPAIRING A DATABASE
• Access databases increase in size over time
• Compacting – Avoids loss of data– Recovers unclaimed space– Defragments fragmented databases– Repairs corrupt databases