Access 2003 in Pictures

Access 2003 In Pictures

by Tony Fowlie

www.inpics.net

Access 2003 In Pictures

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TABLE OF CONTENTS i

Table of Contents Database Basics .............................................1

Create a new database ..........................................................................2

Create tables ........................................................................................13

Create records......................................................................................21

Create forms.........................................................................................28

Create queries ......................................................................................40

Create reports ......................................................................................47

Working with Tables .....................................59

Modify tables ........................................................................................60

Create new tables.................................................................................78

Specify data types................................................................................82

Specify field properties .......................................................................97

Edit records ........................................................................................100

Find records .......................................................................................104

Sort and filter records........................................................................109

Create table relationships .................................................................115

TABLE OF CONTENTS ii

Working with Forms ....................................123

Modify forms ...................................................................................... 124

Add/delete records ............................................................................ 138

Edit records........................................................................................ 142

Find records....................................................................................... 145

Filter records...................................................................................... 148

Working with Queries..................................151

Create queries.................................................................................... 152

Sort results......................................................................................... 159

Add criteria......................................................................................... 162

Employ Boolean operators ............................................................... 165

Find duplicate records ...................................................................... 171

Create Update queries....................................................................... 179

Create Delete queries ........................................................................ 187

Working with Reports..................................195

Format reports ................................................................................... 196

Create mailing labels......................................................................... 213

DATABASE BASICS 1

Database Basics

In this section, you’ll learn how to:

• Create a new database

• Create tables

• Create records

• Create forms

• Create queries

• Create reports

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Create a new database

1. Start Microsoft Access 2003. Your screen should look like this:

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2. In the Getting Started pane, click Create a new file.

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3. When the New File pane appears, click Blank Database.

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4. When the File New Database window appears, create a new folder in the My Documents folder called Practice Access Files.

Tip: To create a new folder, double-click the My Documents folder so it appears in the Save in drop-down list.

Then click the icon.

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5. Double-click the Practice Access Files folder. It should appear in the Save in box.

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6. In the File name box, type: Friends.mdb

Tip: The file extension for Access databases is .mdb. Just like Word files are something.doc, and Web pages are somethingelse.html, Access databases are database.mdb. MDB stands for “Microsoft DataBase.”

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7. Click the button. The window for the Friends database should open:

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Identify database elements

Elements of databases A database stores information in an organized way, and makes it easy to get information in and out. Tables store data within the database. Forms make it easy to put data into tables. Queries pull out specific data. Reports put data in an easily-read format.

Table

Query

Report

Form

Table

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1. In the Objects list, click Tables.

2. Click Queries.

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3. Click Forms.

4. Click Reports.

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5. Click Tables.

6. Click the button.

The Friends database window should expand to fill the screen:

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Create tables

1. Double-click Create table by entering data.

A blank table should open:

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Name fields

1. Double-click the Field 1 column header.

2. Type: First Name

3. Press the ENTER key on your keyboard. The column header should look like this:

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4. Double-click the Field2 column header.

5. Type: Last Name

It should look like this:

6. Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

7. Double-click the Field3 column header, type: City then press ENTER.

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8. Double-click the Field4 column header, type: Zip then press ENTER.

9. Double-click the Field5 column header, type: Phone Number then press ENTER. The table should now look like this:

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Delete unused fields

1. Right-click the Field6 column header.

2. When the menu appears, click Delete Column.

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3. When the alert window appears, click the button.

4. Right-click the Field7 column header. When the menu appears, click Delete Column.

When the alert window appears, click the button.

5. Delete the Field8, Field9, and Field10 columns the same way. The table should now look like this:

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6. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Save.

7. When the Save As window appears, type: Friends of Mine in the Table Name box.


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9. When the alert window that reads There is no primary key defined appears, click the button.

Access will insert an ID field—the Key field—in the table:

10. The key field When the alert window popped up, and you clicked the Yes button, Access added the ID field to the table. The ID field is now the table’s primary key, or key field. That means it can’t contain any duplicates. Every table should have a key field. For example, if a hospital keeps a database, each patient can have a unique ID number in the key field. That way, if it has more than one patient named John Baker, it can easily distinguish John Baker, ID #326 in for a checkup, from John Baker, ID #298 who needs his gall bladder removed.

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Create records

1. Click in the box under the First Name column header.

2. Type: Elvis

3. Press the TAB key on your keyboard. The table should now look like this:

4. Type: Presley then press the TAB key.

5. Type: Baltimore then press TAB.

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6. Type: 21212 then press TAB.

7. Type: 4105551212 then press TAB. The table should now look like this:

Tip: Notice how the cursor in the row selector has moved down to the second (new) record. When you move on to a new record, Access automatically saves the previous record.

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Add new fields

1. Right-click the Zip column heading.

2. When the menu appears, click Insert Column.

The table should now look like this, with a new blank field:

3. Double-click the column heading and type: State

4. Press the ENTER key.

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5. Click inside the new State field for the first record.

6. Type: MD

7. Press TAB until the cursor moves down to a new record.

Record number 1 is saved and complete.

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Move fields

1. Click the Phone Number column heading.

The entire column should be selected.

2. Place the cursor on the Phone Number column heading. Then drag the column so the cursor rests between the Last Name and City columns.

3. When you see a thick black line between the two columns, release the mouse button.

The Phone Number column should now rest between the Last Name and City columns:

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4. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Close.

5. When prompted to save the changes to the table layout, click the

button.

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The Friends database window should now look like this:

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Create forms

1. In the Objects list, click Forms.

2. Double-click Create form by using wizard.

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3. When the Form Wizard window appears, click the button.

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All the table fields should be added to the form:


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5. When the next screen appears, leave Columnar selected, then

click the button.

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6. When the next screen appears, make sure Standard is selected,

then click the button.

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7. When the last screen appears, type: Friends of Mine Data Input Form in the box.

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8. Click the button. The form should open and look like this:

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Add a new record

1. In the form window, click the button.

A blank record should appear:

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2. Press TAB to advance to the First Name box.

3. Type: Bo then press the TAB key.

4. Type: Diddley then press the TAB key.

5. Type: Richmond then press the TAB key.

6. Type: VA then press the TAB key.

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7. Type: 23220 then press the TAB key.

8. Type: 8005557890 The form should now look like this:

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9. Press the TAB key again. The form should progress to a new, blank record:

The old record has been saved.

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10. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Close to return to the database window.

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Create queries

1. In the Objects list, click Queries.

What’s a query? A query is a way to get specific information from the database. Essentially, it’s a question. You use queries to ask the database things like, “Who are my customers in Montana?”, or “How many pipe fittings have I sold this month?”

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2. Double-click Create query by using wizard.

3. When the Simple Query Wizard opens, double-click First Name in the Available Fields list.

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First Name should appear in the Selected Fields column:

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4. Click the button. This should add the Last Name field to the Selected Fields list:

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5. Double-click Phone Number.

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This should add the Phone Number field to the Selected Fields list:


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7. When the final screen appears, type: Names and Numbers

8. Click the button. The query is automatically saved and executed. It should look like this:

9. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Close to return to the database window.

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Create reports

1. In the Objects list, click Reports.

2. Double-click Create report by using wizard.

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3. When the Report Wizard window appears, click the Tables/Queries drop-down arrow. When the list appears, click Table: Friends of Mine.

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4. Click the button to move all the fields into the Selected Fields list.

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5. In the Selected Fields list box, click ID, then click the button. The ID field should be removed. The report wizard should now look like this:


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7. When the next screen appears, click the button.

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8. When the next screen appears, click the first drop-down arrow, then click State in the list.


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Choose layout and style

1. When the next screen appears, make sure Tabular is checked in the Layout section.

Then click the button.

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2. When the next screen appears, click Soft Gray in the list of available styles.


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View the report

1. When the final screen appears, type: My Friends in the box.

Then click the Preview the report radio button.

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2. Click the button. The report is automatically created, saved and opened. It should look like this:

3. On the Menu Bar, click File, and then Close to return to the Friends database window.

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4. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Exit to close Access.

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WORKING WITH TABLES 59

Working with Tables


• Modify tables

• Create new tables

• Specify data types

• Specify field properties

• Edit records

• Find records

• Sort and filter records

• Create table relationships


Modify tables

1. Open a web browser and go to: www.inpics.net/books/acc2003

2. Right-click the FoodStore1.mdb link. When the menu appears, click Save Target As.

3. When the Save As window appears, open the Practice Access Files folder on your hard drive.



4. Wait for the database to download completely, then close the web browser.


Open an existing database

1. Start Microsoft Access.

2. In the Getting Started pane, click More.


3. Open the Practice Access Files folder, then double-click FoodStore1.mdb.


4. When the database opens, click the button in its window. The FoodStore1 database window should now look like this:


Employ an input mask

1. Make sure Tables is selected, then right-click the Customers table.


2. When the menu appears, click Design View.


The Customers table should open in Design View.

3. Click in the Phone Number row.


4. In the Field Properties area of the window, click in the Input Mask property.

5. Click the button beside the Input Mask property.


6. When the Input Mask Wizard window appears…

…make sure the Phone Number input mask is selected. Then click in the Try It: box.


7. In the Try It box, type: 2125551515



9. When the next screen appears, click the button.


10. When the next screen appears, click the radio button in front of With the symbols in the mask, like this.



11. When the final screen appears, click the button.

The Input Mask for the Phone Number field should now look like this:


12. On the Menu Bar, click View, then Datasheet View.

13. When the alert window appears, click the button to save the Customers table.

14. Use the TAB key to move across the first record until you are in the Phone Number field.


15. Type: 3015551212

16. Press the TAB key four times to move to the next record. The new phone number has been saved.

17. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Close. You should return to the FoodStore1 database window.


Adjust table layout

1. Double-click the Customers table to open it.

2. Place your cursor on the divider between the Company Name and Address 1 column headings.


The cursor should turn into a double-headed arrow:

3. Double-click. The Company Name column should resize to fit the widest piece of data in that field:

Tip: Instead of double-clicking, you can also drag column heading dividers to set column widths manually.

4. Double-click the divider between the Address 1 and Address 2 column headings. The Address 1 field should resize to fit the data in it.

5. Click the window’s button to close the Customers table.

6. When the alert window appears, click the button to save changes.


Create new tables

1. Double-click Create table in Design view.


A blank table will open in Design View:


2. In the first box in the Field Name column, type: Order ID then press the TAB key. It should look like this:

3. On the Toolbar, click the icon.


4. When the Save As window appears, type: Orders in the Table Name box.



Tip: You’ll assign a Primary Key later.


Specify data types

Assign the AutoNumber data type

1. In the Data Type column beside the Order ID field, click the drop-down arrow. When the list appears, click AutoNumber.

2. In the Description column, type: This is the Generic Order ID Number then press TAB.

Tip: Filling in a Description is optional, but it helps you to remember what sort of information is supposed to be stored in a field.


Assign the Date/Time data type

1. In the Field Name column, in the second row, type: Order Date then press TAB.

2. In the Data Type column, click the drop-down arrow.

3. When the menu appears, click Date/Time, then press TAB.


4. In the Description column, type: Date the order was placed then press TAB.


Employ the Lookup Wizard

1. In the Field Name column, type: Customer then press TAB.

2. In the Data Type column, click the down arrow, then Lookup Wizard …

What does the Lookup Wizard do? The Lookup Wizard allows you to create a field where database users can choose from a list of things. This list can come from a table or query, or list items can be specified manually.


3. When the Lookup Wizard appears, click the I want the lookup column to look up the values in a table or query radio button.



4. Click the Customers table, then click the button.

5. When next screen appears, double-click First Name.


6. Double-click Last Name.



8. Click the first drop-down arrow, then Last Name.


9. Click the button. The Lookup Wizard should show how the field will look with data in it:



11. In the label box, type: Customer Name



13. In the Description column, type: Name of the customer who placed the order then press TAB.


14. On the Toolbar, click the icon. The Orders table should look like this:


The table should change to Datasheet View:


16. Click in the Customer Name field, then click the drop-down arrow.

A list of customers should appear:



The table should change back to Design View:


Assign a Primary Key

1. Right-click the Order ID field.

2. When the menu appears, click Primary Key.

The field should now show a key beside it:


Specify field properties

1. Click in the Order Date field.

2. In the Field Properties section of the window, click in the Format box.

3. Click the drop-down arrow at the end of the box.


4. In the menu of formats that appears, click Short Date.

The Order Date field should now look like this:


5. On the Toolbar, click the icon. The table design window should now look like this:

6. On the Toolbar, click the icon. The table should look like this:

7. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Close to return to the FoodStore1 database window.


Edit records

1. Open the Customers table. Make sure it’s displayed in Datasheet View.

2. Click inside the Address 1 field for record number 3, between the two fives in 35546 York Ave.

3. Press the BACKSPACE key on your keyboard. The first 5 in the address should be gone:

4. Press TAB to move to the next field.


5. Type: Unit L It should replace the previous text:

6. Click in any other record. Tip: Remember—changed data in a record is saved when you move off that record. The Customers table should now look like this:


Delete records

1. Right-click the row heading for Chris Happ’s record.

2. In the menu that appears, click Delete Record.



Tip: Once a record has been deleted from the database, it cannot be recovered. There is no Undo feature in Access.


Find records

Navigate records

1. In the Customers table window, click the button.

The last record in the database should be highlighted:


2. Click the button. The sixth record should be highlighted.

3. Click the button again. The fifth record should be highlighted.

4. Click the button. The first record should be highlighted.

5. Click the button. The second record should be highlighted.

6. Click the button. The Customers table should look like this:


Search for records

1. Click the Company Name column header.

The table should look like this:



3. When the Find and Replace window appears, type: BBC in the Find What box.

4. In the Match list, click the drop-down arrow, then Any Part of Field.


5. Click the button. The Customers table should now look like this, with BBC highlighted:

6. In the Find and Replace window, click the button.


Sort and filter records

Sort in descending order

1. Click the State column header.

The table should look like this:



The Customers table should now look like this, with the States arranged in descending alphabetical order:


Sort in ascending order

1. Click the Customer ID column header to highlight the column.


The Customers table should now look like this, with the customer ID numbers arranged in ascending order:


Filter records

1. Click in the State field for customer number 1.

Notice that the State is Florida.


The Customers table should now look like this, showing all customers whose State is Florida:


3. On the Toolbar, click the icon. The Customers table should show its original contents:




When to filter Filtering records works like a query, bringing up specific information from a table. But unlike a query, your filtering doesn’t remain part of the database. When you perform a query and save it, the query remains with the database, even after you close it. Filtering does not. Since you can’t save filtering like a query, filter records when you need quick results. Think of filtering as a temporary, quick, “on the spot” query.


Create table relationships

What are “relationships?” Relationships are links that associate a field in one table with a field in another. An example is a school database with two tables:

• Students • Classes

The Students table holds students’ names and addresses:

Students Student Name Address

John Elm St. Jane Oak St.

The Math Class table holds information about the students in math class:

Math Class Student Name Grade

John A Jane B

Both tables have a Student Name field. By linking the Student Name fields, you make sure that John in the Students table is the same John listed in the Math Class table:

Students Math Class Student Name Address Student Name Grade

John John Jane Jane


Examine current table relationships



3. When the Show Table window appears, double-click Customers.


The Customers table should appear in the Relationships field:

4. In the Show Table window, double-click Employees. The Employees table should appear in the Relationships field:

5. Double-click Order Details.

6. Double-click Orders.


7. Double-click Products.

8. In the Show Tables window, click the button.

The relationships window should now look like this:


Add relationships

1. Place the cursor on the Title Bar at the top of the Employees table.

2. Click and drag the Employees table to place it under the Customers table.


3. Click and drag the Orders table to place it between the Customers table and Order Details table.

4. Click the Order ID field in the Order Details table, then drag it and rest it on top of the Order ID field in the Orders table.

The Orders table should look like this:


5. Release the mouse button. When the Edit Relationships window appears, click the

button.

The relationships window should now look like this:

The Order ID field in the Orders table is linked to the Order ID field in the Order Details table. The same Order ID number in both tables refers to the same order.




8. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Exit.

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Working with Forms


• Modify forms

• Add/delete records

• Edit records

• Find records

• Filter records


Modify forms

1. Start Access, then open the FoodStore1 database.

2. In the Objects list, click Forms.

3. Double-click Customer Form.


4. When Customer Form opens, click the icon on the Toolbar.

Tip: The icon changes to Form View: The form should look like this in Design View:


Add a field


A list of fields in the Customers table should appear:


2. Click and drag the Address 2 field from the Customers field list to the form. Place it between the Address 1 box and the City box:


3. Release the mouse button. There should be a new box on the form:

4. Close the Field List window.


Change field position

1. Click the Address 2 box.

2. Position the cursor over the move handle of the Address 2 box. It should turn into a black hand with a finger:


3. Click-and-drag the box to line it up with the other boxes.

Then release the mouse button. The form should now look like this:

4. Position the cursor over the move handle of the Address 2 label.


5. Drag the label to line it up with the other labels.

Then release the mouse button. The form should now look like this:



The form should now look like this:

7. On the Toolbar, click the icon to return to Design View.


Adjust size of fields

1. Click the Address 1 box.

2. Press and hold down the SHIFT key, then click the Address 2 text box. Both objects should be selected:


3. On the Menu Bar, click Format, then Size, then To Widest.

The form should now look like this:


Change caption

1. Double-click the Address 1 label.

The Properties window should appear:

Tip: Access automatically creates names when something is added to a form. Don’t worry if your computer has given the label a name different from the one above.


2. Click the Format tab.

3. Click the Caption item to highlight it.

4. Type: Street Address then press ENTER.


5. On the Toolbar, click the icon. The label should look like this:

6. On the Toolbar, click the icon to return to Form View.


Add/delete records

Add a new record



2. Fill in the following information: Amy Preston Preston Publishing 1214 North Ave. Suite 118 Redmond, WA 98049 4255556113 4255557441 [email protected] Tip: Using the TAB key to move through the form doesn’t access the field in the right sequence.

To correct this, click the icon to enter Design View. Then on the Menu Bar, click View, then Tab Order.

3. When the Tab Order window appears, click and drag the row headers to place the fields in correct order.


The record should look like this:

4. Click the button to save the record and advance to a new one.


Delete records

1. Click the button to go back to record number 9, the one you just added.




Edit records

Navigate to a specific record number

1. Click in the Current Record box.

2. Highlight the current record number, then type: 2

3. Press the ENTER key. The form should now show record number 2:


Edit data in a record

1. Delete the contents of the Street Address field.

2. Type: 476 New York Ave.


3. Press the TAB key. The record should look like this:


Find records


2. Click in the Company Name box to place the cursor there.



4. When the Find and Replace window appears, type: Metro-Corp in the Find What box.

5. Click the button. The window should look like this:


Filter records

1. Click in the State box.


2. On the Toolbar, click the icon. The form should now look like this:

Tip: Notice the number of records now reads 1 of 1 (Filtered).


4. On the menu bar, click File, then Close.

When the Alert window appears, click the button.


The database window should now look like this:

5. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Exit to close Access.

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Working with Queries


• Create queries

• Sort results

• Add criteria

• Employ Boolean operators

• Find duplicate records

• Create Update queries

• Create Delete queries


Create queries

1. Start Access, and open the FoodStore1 database.


3. Double-click Create query in Design view.


The query Design View window should appear:

4. In the Show Table window, click Customers, then click the

button.



This adds the Customers table to the query. The query window should look like this:


Add fields to query

1. Drag the Customer ID field from the Customers table to the first column of the query design grid.

Release the mouse button. The query design grid should look like this:


2. Drag the First Name field and Last Name field to the design grid the same way. The design grid should look like this:

The query is now set up to show the Customer ID, First Name, and Last Name of each customer in the Customers table.


Run the query


The query window should now look like this:


The query shows the Customer ID, First Name, and Last Name of each customer in the Customers table:


Sort results

1. On the Toolbar, click the icon to return to the query Design View.

2. In the Last Name field, click in the Sort row. When the drop-down arrow appears, click it, then click Ascending.



3. On the Toolbar, click the icon. The query should run, and sort the records alphabetically by Last Name:

4. On the Toolbar, click the icon to return to the query Design View.


5. In the Customer Last Name field, click in the Sort row, then click (not sorted).



Add criteria

1. In the query’s Customer table, scroll down to the State field.

2. Add the State field to the query design grid.

3. In the State field, click in the Criteria row.


4. Type: FL

5. Press the ENTER key. It should look like this:


Tip: Notice that Access automatically surrounded the FL criterion with double quotes. That’s because the State field stores text data. In database query language, double quotes signify a string of text. If this field held date data, Access would have surrounded it with hash marks (#). If the field stored number data, Access wouldn’t have added anything.

6. On the Toolbar, click the icon. The query results should look like this:

It has returned all customers who live in the State of FL.


Employ Boolean operators

What are Boolean operators? Boolean operators are expressions such as AND, OR, NEITHER, and NOR that allow you to add multiple criteria to a query. They take their name from George Boole, the mathematician who first used them. If you had a T-shirt store with an Access database, for instance, and you wanted to find out how many of your California customers had ordered blue T-shirts, you’d employ the AND operator in your query: customers from California AND who also bought blue T-shirts If you wanted to see how many customers were from California (these California customers could have bought T-shirts of any color), and how many customers bought blue T-shirts (these blue T-shirt customers could be from anywhere), you’d employ the OR operator: customers from California OR customers who bought blue T-shirts


Employ the OR operator

1. Click the icon to return to the query Design View.

2. In the State field, click in the or row under the criterion “FL”.

3. Type: MD then press the ENTER key. The design grid should look like this:


Tip: The two common Boolean operators are AND and OR. They’re easily confused. If you don’t know which to use, ask yourself the purpose of the query: Do I want to find customers with a state of both Florida AND Maryland? No—a customer can’t be in two places at once. Do I want to find customers with a state of either Florida OR Maryland? That makes sense, so this query would use the OR operator.

4. Click the icon. The query results should look like this:


Employ the AND operator

1. Click the icon.

2. Remove the query criteria from the State field. (Highlight them, then press the DELETE key.) The Criteria row in the design grid should be blank:

3. Add the Company Name field to the query: Drag it from the field list in the Customers table and drop it in the blank field to the right of the State field in the design grid.


4. In the Company Name field, click in the Criteria row.

5. Type: A* then press the ENTER key. Tip: An asterisk (*) stands for any character or combination of characters. For instance, Ap* would match Ape, Aptitude, Apparent, etc.

6. Click the icon. The query results should look like this:

The query shows all companies whose names begin with A.



8. When the Save As window appears, type: Companies that begin with A in the Query Name box.


10. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Close. You should return to the FoodStore1 database window.


Find duplicate records

1. Make sure Queries is selected in the Objects list.


3. When the New Query window appears, click Find Duplicates Query Wizard.



4. When the next screen appears, click Table: Customers, then

click the button.


5. When the next screen appears, double-click First Name, then Last Name to add the fields to the query:



6. Click the button. The screen should look like this:



7. When the final screen appears, type: Find Duplicate Customers in the name box.

8. Click the button. The query should run, and look like this:

There are two identical entries for Jane Doe in the database.


Remove duplicates

1. Click the row selector button for the Jane Doe record with the Customer ID of 7.




The query results should now look like this:

Record number 7 is removed from the database. Tip: Deleting a record from a query also deletes it from the table it was stored in.


Verify results



3. Double-click the Customers table. It should now look like this, with only one record for Jane Doe:

4. Close the Customers table.


Create Update queries

1. Double-click the Products table to open it.

2. Note the price (to customers) of French Truffles ($8.99) and Blue Mountain Coffee ($9.99).

3. Note the cost (to the store) of French Truffles ($6.15) and Blue Mountain Coffee ($8.00).



7. When the Show Table window appears, click Products.



8. Click the button. The query window should look like this:

9. On the Menu Bar, click Query, then Update Query.


10. In the field list of the Products table, scroll down and double-click the Price field.

The query design grid should now look like this:

11. In the Price column, click in the Update To row.


12. Type: [Cost]*1.25

Then press the ENTER Key. This will raise prices for all products by 25%. Tip: The square brackets [ ] tell Access that Cost is a field.



Tip: No records will appear. This is a type of Action query, which affects records directly, rather than a Select query, which retrieves records.



16. When the Save As window appears, type: Update Product Prices in the Query Name box.




Verify results


2. Double-click the Products table. It should open and look like this:

Note the updated price of French Truffles ($7.69) and Blue Mountain Coffee ($10.00).

3. Click File, then Close to return to the FoodStore1 database window.


Create Delete queries

1. Double-click the Employees table. It should open and look like this:

Note that Tom Gumman and Tina Gumman are currently employees.

2. Click File, then Close to return to the FoodStore1 database window.




5. When the Show Table window appears, click Employees.



7. On the Menu Bar, click Query, then Delete Query.


The query window should now look like this:


Add fields

1. In the field list of the Employees table, click-and-drag the * field to the first column of the design grid.

2. Release the mouse button. The query design grid should look like this:


3. In the field list of the Employees table, double-click the Last Name field.

The query design grid should now look like this:


Add criteria

1. In the Last Name column of the design grid, click in the Criteria row.

2. Type: Gumman then press the ENTER key. It should look like this:


3. On the Menu Bar, click the icon.

When the alert window appears, click the button. Tip: Be careful when designing Delete queries. Once a record is deleted, the deletion cannot be undone. You may want to run the query as a regular query first, to verify it’s choosing the correct records, and then switch the type to a Delete query.

4. Click File, then Save.

5. When the Save As window appears, type: Delete Old Employees in the Query Name box.


7. Click File, then Close to return to the database window.


Verify results


2. Double-click the Employees table. It should look like this:

Note that Tom Gumman and Tina Gumman are no longer listed as employees.

3. Exit Microsoft Access.

WORKING WITH REPORTS 195

Working with Reports


• Format reports

• Create mailing labels


Format reports

1. Open a web browser and go to: www.inpics.net/books/acc2003

2. Right-click the FoodStore2.mdb link and save that database in the Practice Access Files folder.

3. Close the web browser and start Access.



5. Navigate to the Practice Access Files folder, then click FoodStore2.mdb.



7. Click the button in the database window. The FoodStore2 database should look like this:

8. In the Objects list, click Reports.


9. Double-click Customer Orders.

The Customer Orders report should look like this:


10. Click the icon. The report’s Design View should look like this:


Edit label captions

1. Click the label with the caption Orders.

2. Click the label again.

Now the label can be edited.


3. Edit the label to read Customer Orders.

Then press ENTER.

4. Click the CustomerID label in the Customer ID Header section.

5. Click it again.


6. Edit the label to read Customer Name:

Then press ENTER. It should look like this:


7. Click the icon. The report should look like this:


8. Click on the report. The view should zoom in:


Change font size

1. Click the icon.

2. Place the cursor in the vertical ruler bar beside the Customer Name label.


3. Click the mouse button, then drag the cursor to just above the Order ID Header section. Release the mouse button. Everything in the Customer ID Header section should be selected:


4. On the Formatting toolbar, click the down arrow next to the Font Size box. When the list appears, click 10.

The report should now look like this:


5. Click the icon, then click on the report to zoom out. The report should now look like this:


Set page margins

1. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Page Setup.


2. When the Page Setup window appears, type: 0.5 in the Top box, and 0.5 in the Bottom box.



The report should now look like this:




Create mailing labels

1. On the toolbar, click the icon.

2. When the New Report window appears, click Label Wizard.


3. In the drop down list, click the Customers table.



4. In the Filter by manufacturer box, click Avery.

5. In the list of labels, under Product number, click Avery USA 5160.



7. Click the button again.


8. In the Available Fields list, double-click First Name.

9. Press the SPACE bar on the keyboard.

10. Double-click Last Name, then press the ENTER key. The label window should look like this:


11. Double-click Company Name, then press ENTER. It should look like this:

12. Double-click Street Address, then press the ENTER key.

13. Double-click City, then type a comma and a space on the keyboard.

14. Double-click State, then type two spaces.

15. Double-click Zip, then press ENTER. The label window should look like this:



17. When the next screen appears, double-click Last Name.



18. When the next screen appears, type: Shipping Labels in the box.


19. Click the button. The shipping labels should look like this:

Tip: If you receive a warning box saying “Some data may not be displayed,” you can click the OK button and ignore it. Your labels should still look like the picture above.

20. Exit Microsoft Access.

GLOSSARY 223

Glossary Boolean Operators Boolean logic is a system of logical thought developed by George Boole. Boolean operators allow you to construct complex queries which can be understood by computers. The most common Boolean operators are “AND” and “OR”. Data A series of facts. When data is organized, it becomes useful information, which can be processed and used to draw conclusions. Database A collection of information organized into tables of data. Field A single unit of data stored as part of a database record. Form A database object primarily used to enter or display data. Key Field A field in a table that can contain no duplicates. The key field is each record’s unique identifier. Query A set of questions presented to a database to retrieve specific information. Record One row in a given table. In a relational database, records correspond to rows in each table. Relationship An association established between common fields in two tables.

GLOSSARY 224

Report Presents information retrieved from a table or query in a preformatted, easy-to-read way. Select Query A query that asks a question about the data stored in tables, and provides a result in the form of a datasheet. Table A collection of rows and columns that organize data. Update Query A query that changes a set of records according to specified criteria.

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