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title | : | Access 97-2000 Database Development Outside VBA |
author | : | Saksena, Devendra.; Berkowitz, Neal. |
publisher | : | Wordware Publishing |
isbn10 | asin | : | 1556228228 |
print isbn13 | : | 9781556228223 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585425443 |
language | : | English |
subject | Microsoft Access, Database management. |
publication date | : | 2001 |
lcc | : | QA76.9.D3S234 2001eb |
ddc | : | 005.75/65 |
subject | : | Microsoft Access, Database management. |
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Access 97/2000 Database Development Outside VBA
Devendra Saksena and Neal Berkowitz
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Saksena, Devendra, 1956
Access 97-2000 database development outside VBA / by Devendra Saksena
and Neal Berkowitz.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-55622-822-8 (pbk.)
1. Microsoft Access. 2. Database management. I. Berkowitz, Neal.
II. Title.
QA76.9.D3 S234 2001
005.75'65--dc21 2001022321
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Contents
Introduction | xvii |
CHAPTER 1 Introducing Access | |
1.1 Why Access? | |
1.2 What is Access? | |
1.3 How is Access Useful? | |
1.4 How to Use This Book | |
1.5 Hardware and Software Issues | |
1.6 Before We Start | |
CHAPTER 2 Tables | |
2.1 Beginning Your Work | |
Creating a Database | |
Creating a Table | |
Entering Data in Tables | |
The Importance of Tables | |
2.2 Fields | |
Classification of Fields | |
Field Properties Explained | |
The Description Property | |
Field Properties for Text Fields | |
Field Properties for Number Fields | |
Field Properties for Currency Fields | |
Field Properties for Date/Time Fields | |
Field Properties for Auto Number Fields | |
Field Properties for Yes/No Fields | |
Field Properties for Memo Fields | |
Field Properties for OLE Object Fields | |
Field Properties for Hyperlink Fields | |
Modifying Field Properties | |
How Does Lookup Work? | |
An Explanation | |
Uses of the Lookup Property | |
2.3 Some Important Topics | |
Design View | |
Mouse Tricks in Datasheet View | |
The Format Menu | |
Primary Key | |
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Indexes | |
Relationships | |
More About Relationships | |
Creating a Relationship | |
2.4 Table Properties | |
Subdatasheets | |
Important Terms | |
2.5 Other Ways of Creating Tables | |
Using Datasheet View | |
Using Import Table | |
Using Drag and Drop | |
Using Table Wizard | |
Using Link Tables | |
The Linked Table Manager | |
Linking to Tables on the Web | |
2.6 Publishing Your Table on the Web | |
2.7 Naming Conventions | |
Dos and Don'ts | |
2.8 Summary | |
2.9 Exercises | |
CHAPTER 3 Queries | |
3.1 Select Queries | |
3.2 Criteria | |
The AND Condition | |
The OR Condition | |
Summing Up | |
Operators Used for Setting Criteria | |
Lesser-Used Date Operators | |
3.3 Calculated Fields | |
Explanation of the Age Expression | |
3.4 The Expression Builder | |
Viewing Functions and Operators | |
3.5 Some Useful Functions | |
Nz Function | |
IIf Function | |
The C Functions | |
DateDiff Function | |
Ampersand (&) Function | |
Plus (+) Function | |
3.6 Joining Tables and Queries | |
Creating a Relationship | |
More About Joins | |
3.7 Multi-table Queries | |
Designing a Multi-table Query | |
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Are Multi-table Queries Updatable? | |
3.8 Sorting | |
Selecting Top Values of a Query | |
3.9 Query Wizards | |
Simple Query Wizard | |
Copying a Query Using the Simple Query Wizard | |
Find Duplicates Query Wizard | |
Find Unmatched Query Wizard | |
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