Database Design

• Tables
• Constraints
• Relationships
• Queries

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 Table Design

• Create Table
• Define fields, Data type
• Define field properties
• Set primary keys
• Create indexes
• Save the design

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 Table Design

• Design view
• Primary key
• Insert rows
• Delete rows
• Property Sheet
• Indexes

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 Table Fields

• Field Name
• 1-64 characters
• Letters, digits, special chars
• Avoid . ! [ ] `
• Data Types
• Text, Number, Date
• AutoNumber
• Currency, Yes/No, Memo
• OLE object, Hyperlink

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 Table Fields

Type Spec Type of Data stored Size

Text Alphanumeric 0-255
Memo Alphanumeric 0-65536
Number Numeric 1,2,3,4 bytes
Date/Time Date and Time 8 bytes
AutoNumber Auto incremented no. 4 bytes
Yes/No True/False 1 or 0 1 bit
OLE Pic, Sound, video Up to 1GB
Hyperlink URL Up to 64k char

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 Table Fields

• Formatting
• Format (< > @)
• Input Mask
• Validation
• Caption
• Rule
• Mandatory
• Lookup
• List
• Table

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 Numeric Fields

Type Spec Range Size

Byte 0 – 255 1 byte
Integer -32K to 32K 2 bytes
Long Integer -2 Gb to 2 Gb 4 bytes
Single - 3.4x 1038 to 3.4x 1038 7 Decimal 8 bytes
Double - 1.797x 10308 to 1.797x 10308 15 Decimal 4 bytes
Decimal 1 – 28 Precision, 15 decimal places 8 bytes

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 Number Formats

Type Spec Format Number Entered Number Displayed

General ######.# 987654.321 987654.3
Currency $###,##0.00 987654.321 $987654.32
Fixed ######.## 987654.321 987654.32
Standard ###,###.## 987654.321 987,654.32
Percent ###.##% .987 98.7%
Scientific ###E+00 987654.321 9.88E+05

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 Date Formats

Type Spec Format

Long Date Sunday, October 5, 2008
Medium Date 5-Oct-2008
Short Date 10/5/08
Long Time 9:21:17 AM
Medium Time 09:21 AM
Short Time 9:21:17

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