Microsoft Access Tutorial - Functionx

Microsoft Access Tutorial - FunctionX

- Introduction - Creating A Database - Tables Design - Introduction To Microsoft Access Objects - Controlling The User's Input - Relationships - Subdatasheets - Forms Design Overview - Exploring And Analyzing Data - Query Design And Exploration - Forms Properties - Calculated Fields - Advanced Queries - Exploring Forms Controls - Designing And Improving AReport - Importing From And Exporting Data To Other Applications - Macros - Switchboard - Introduction to VBA - Shortcuts - A Complete Database Created With The Keyboard -

Introduction To A Microsoft Access Database
1 - Introduction:
A database is a collection of information organized as to make it easy to view it, search it, retrieve the right detail, and collect the necessary facts in aneasier, timely, and effortless manner as possible.

2 - Relational Database:

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An organized database is composed of inter-related parts. Since you define these parts, you also organize them in a manner that helps some parts of your database to supply specific information toothers. In one part, you would cover one category of data, such as people's personal information (name, date of birth, salary, hobbies, etc), in another you would cover what they buy in a store.

3 - Microsoft Access:
Microsoft Access is a relational database used on desktop computers to manage information on different levels for different purposes. Microsoft Access can be used for personalinformation management, in a small business to organize and manage all data, or in an enterprise to communicate with servers.

4 - Database Management System (DBMS):
A database is an organized collection of data. Organization means method, it assumes discipline, it also anticipates efficient manner in using that information. Unless you are creating small applications for your personal use (andI don't think you are exclusively doing just that), you will usually need to share your data either with other people (users, DB developers, etc) or other machines. To make your job easier, Microsoft Access provides in one package the database information and the tools you need to use your database. To be organized, you will divide your database in different related parts. The method ofmanagement you will use makes Microsoft Access a Database Management System. When you create a database in Microsoft Access, you create a database file that will include different parts of your database. These are referred to as tables, queries, forms, reports, etc.

5 - Components of a Microsoft Access database:
When you open an instance of Microsoft Access, you encounter the database window, which isthe control point of the different parts of your application.

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From here, you can click an icon to access a specific category, referred to as objects. Microsoft Access keeps different details about your database in different formats. If you click the Tables button under theObjects button, you get to the Tables category.

Tables:

This is the central point of your development, because all data is stored in tables. The functioning of your database relies on how you design your tables. For better organization, you will have various tables in your database, each for a different purpose. For example, for a video club application, you would use one table to storeemployees information, another table to store customers records, yet another table to list different video tapes (their titles, ratings, actors names), etc. A table is made of rows and columns. A row is considered a Record, it is a group of details about one specific item of the table. It could contain a customer's name, his phone number, his member ID, his work number, his marital status, etc....