Microsoft Access

You can enter it through the datasheet. You can enter it through a form. You can also use an Append Query to add records to a table from another table.

You should probably look up the help for either the MAX or DMAX functions and see which of those does what you want.

It is a database. The database is more than just the table, which is what some people think, but includes all those other components too.

Yes, but you must follow specific procedures when opening the database you want to protect. See related links for screen shots and details about how to protect an Access 2007 database.

Of course, you always could use one of dozens of commercial applications to encrypt and password protect any file on your computer.

You migrate to a larger scale DB for reasons such as the limitations that access may have. Access is traditionally a desktop database,but it is used in large corporations that may require control of users and other features that will and can make life so much easier. Unfortunately, Access does have its limitations and its performance begins to degrade depending for example, when you have extremely large tables, the user population increases considerably, then access time suffers. Migrating to Oracle which is very competent and has a reliable RDBMS; can hold many more tables than Access and was built to handle a large volume of traffic which is not limited to only users, but processes many many more transactions than Access can. Hope this helps.

You should use a vaccuum cleaner and suck it back up,chances are that it is stuck or resting on dirt and that should let you retrieve it. Just make sure you use something like a shop-vac or something that does not grind the contents it picks up.

An action query is one that makes some adjustments to your database or the data. It would include things like queries that delete records, update records, create tables and so on. Other queries just do things like list your data but don't make any changes to it.

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Microsoft Access is used when you want to make a database. For example if you wanted to make a list of all the people you know and their addresses.

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You might use it or an ordinary address-book but it's a hopelessly inefficient way, and a .dbs file is far larger than the .xls one for the same data-set. Excel is far better for a simple, single table like an address-book, a simple inventory, straightforward accounting (one of its original purposes), and for mathematical and graph-plotting work. (Though MS has inexcusably now vandalised its own Excel graph routines!)

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You would use Access when you need a database, which consists of two or more related and linked tables each holding a separate data set but with some relationship between sets. Access training gives a typical (but obviously fictitious) example, that of a grocery chain, with details of the food products in one table, manufacturers' addresses in another, branch staff names and locations in another, and so on.

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It allows you to enter, store and retrieve selectively an enormous amount of data in several tables, using very easy-to-use entry forms and report-requests - though actually writing the database to do that is fiendishly difficult - of all the MS programmes, Access is probably the least intuitive and by far the hardest to learn, and very unforgiving if you make some small error.

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Excel won't create linked tables or easy entry and retrieval forms - but as with anything else, you decide which is the better application for your purpose.

A validation rule for a member ID could require that it must be alphanumeric, consist of exactly 8 characters, and not start with a digit. Additionally, it could enforce uniqueness to prevent duplicate entries in the database. You might also include checks to ensure it does not contain special characters or spaces. This combination ensures both format and integrity for the member IDs.

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Access is more complicated. Unless you know what you are doing, it can be difficult to use Access at times. It can seem easier to set things up in Excel. However, though Access is more complicated, when it comes to doing things with databases it is more powerful. If you have a limited understanding of Access and a limited understanding of relational databases, then Excel may seem better. However, in the long run it is not the best way to do things. Using Access has other disadvantages, such as the likelihood of making mistakes if you don't know how to use it properly. You may not even realise that there are better ways of doing it. It takes more time and understanding and planning to get the best out of a relational database. There are also many powerful elements that you may not be aware of, or do not know how to use properly. Using Excel will be likely to have you fall into the traps that make relational databases the right solution. Sometimes though, it is easier to use Excel and get a simple database and work things that way. It is not ideal, but from some people's perspectives it does seem better.

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Having referential integrity enforced.

It depends on what you are using the data for. For things like names and addresses, they will naturally be text data. Code numbers and phone numbers should actually be text and not number as many people would think. There are a few reasons. One is that you never do calculations on phone numbers, like add them, multiply them, subtract them etc. Another is that often you will want spaces or other characters in them that a number type will not allow. The most important reason is that many phone numbers, when you include area codes, will begin with a zero. If you start anything with a zero in a number field, the zero will automatically be ignored. It is necessary in a phone number though, so a number field is no use. Code numbers often begin with zero too or have letters in them, so they should always be text.

There are various number formats, like currency and Autonumber, so it is important to choose the correct type for what you are doing. Hyperlink would obviously be the data type for a web address, although you could use text. E-mail addresses could also be in text. It depends on whether you want to be able to link to them.

The need for validation on some data would be another factor in choosing what data type you are going to use. You also may want to put input masks on them to reduce down the errors people can make when entering data. You can also set your data to be accessed through lookup values from a list or another table or query. If you have a very specific set of values, like the names of a department in a company, it is a good idea to use them. It reduces the possibilities for spelling mistakes by those entering in the data.

Compatibility with data in other tables or applications is important too. If you are setting up a relational database you need to be sure that fields in relationships are of the same types. If you are importing or exporting data to other formats, you'll need to be sure that they data types correspond or you may end up losing some of your data in the process. If you are updating an older system, you need to check what data types were used in it so that when you move the data to your new tables, that you don't lose anything. If you have decided that you do need to change a data type in an old system, but want to retain the data as it looked, like putting a numeric format to text if it is a code number, you need to be careful too. Making a few copies of the tables so that you can test them is a good idea. Then you won't lose anything if something doesn't work as planned.

These are just a few of the considerations to be taken into account. As stated at the beginning, it really depends on what you want to do with the data and how you are going to manipulate it. So a bit of planning before you start is what you should do first. Choosing the wrong data type can cause problems, and sometimes they won't be noticed initially. A common one is people putting dates into a text field. It looks fine until you try to sort or do some searches, or try to manipulate dates with the functions that are available. When you have finished your design, check everything carefully and run a few quick tests to see that things work. With experience you will learn what are the best types of data for your requirements.

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Microsoft Access is one of the oldest db. The first version was released during Nov-1992.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

A field set to the Autonumber data type will automatically increase the value in each new record.

each form contains components called field

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