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DATABASE Notes

The document discusses database features and concepts including records, fields, data types, tables, queries, and reports. It provides examples of different data types including text, numbers, currency, dates, and boolean. It also covers database concepts like primary keys, search criteria using operators, and sorting data in queries and reports.

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DATABASE Notes

The document discusses database features and concepts including records, fields, data types, tables, queries, and reports. It provides examples of different data types including text, numbers, currency, dates, and boolean. It also covers database concepts like primary keys, search criteria using operators, and sorting data in queries and reports.

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DATABASE

Database features
•Add records
•Delete records
•Create queries and reports
•Sort data
Keywords
•Record
•Field
•Data type
Table
Data types in MS Access -
• Text • Used to store printable characters

• Number • Used to store numeric data

• Currency • Used to store monetary data


• Date and time • Used to store date and time values
• Yes or no • Used to store date that can have
only two values
Data types - Examples
1. Firas, AE185 (Text)
2. 72 (Numeric/Integer)
3. 5.66 (Numeric/Real)
4. Date/time (25/10/2017)
5. Boolean (Yes/No)
6. Currency (₤ 25.00)
Number of FIELDS

• A single column in your table.

• Every field has a field name, which appears in the column header.

• A field's data type is the most important property because it determines what kind of data the field can
store.
Record

• Complete data about one item in the data base

• Number of records in this example is : 8


Primary key – Data in this field can not be
duplicated.

Example : Patient Id
Search criteria
Arithmetic operators
• >100
• More than /greater than
• Less than • <100
• More than or equal / greater than or • >=100
equal
• <=100
• Less than or equal
Logical operators
• And • America AND West Indies
• Or • America OR West indies
• Between And • Between 1980 And 2000
• Not • >=1980 And <=2000
• NOT 2000 (<> 2000) / Not Tiger (<>
Like criteria
Tiger)

• * * • for example , contains the words…… -


*kite*
Calculations
Primary sort Secondary sort
Year_released <2010 and price< 8.99

Erasure and Jimmy Smith


State = Not “Extinct” AND Country = “China” AND Last_eruption<1900

Tengchong, Wudalianchi
Wudalianchi
Key field

Mupe
Practical
Design view of report

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