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Logical or Boolean
Data stored in Boolean can only be one of two versions of the
available data
Its like a light bulb its on or of
E.G
True or False
Yes or No
1 or 0
M or F
Alphanumeric
Alphanumeric is data which is formed up of letters, numbers
and symbols
This data type is also known as string or text
E.G
3485738
$%^*&^
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Real
A real number is one that has 1 decimal place
E.G
6.25236
Integer
Integer numbers are whole numbers no bits no decimals
no space
E.G
53 -32 389734
Dates
Data can be stored in many diferent forms
In the UK we write dates in the form of DD/MM/YYYY
In the US, they write dates in the form of MM/DD/YYYY
E.G
12/12/2012
12/23/1999
A key field is a piece of data in the data base that is unique to a particular
record.
For example, in a file of all the children in a school, a record would be all the data
about a particular pupil. The key field would be the pupil number he or she gets
allocated when he or she joins the school and each student gets a unique
number.
They are important as they help to identify each student so they are unique from
everyone else.
Flat file databases are limited of use and are only suitable for very simple
databases.
An advantage is they are very easy to make as they only have one table
A disadvantage is that they can only be used for short and very simple
databases
In a relational database, we do not store all the data in a single file or able.
Instead the data Is stored in several tables.
An advantage is that they can store several tables.
However they are slightly more complicated to use than flat file databases
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Two fields in Car Company would be the model and the make of the car.
The key field would be the registration number.
This is because the registration number is unique to every car.
There are 28 records in the table.
Practice databases
Firstly you need to open Microsoft access. After this make sure
to delete the blank database. Go across to external data on the
top bar and if its a CSV file, click on text file. You then press
browse and import the file you need. After this you need to
make sure on the bar to the left, the database title doesnt
have an error next it. If this has occurred you will need to start
again. After this you will have a blank and new database you
can work from.