DB storing organize info-use it to manipulate data- index cards were created earlier

Made searching and sorting easier but didnt have the ability to find out relationship
between diff set of data
Can store all of your customer details in one place. Dont need to copy info at all the
places.
Can easily do data validation
Great tool to create a db for other people to use with.

Tables- to store data

Queries- To organize data
Forms- to display data on screen and to edit
Reports to print output
Macro automate
Modules- Programming

Fields are columns. Record means one row.

In a product table each record will represent one product, in customer table its
customer,
Query- used to display data in multiple ways, queries can be saved for future use,
can be used to modify data like add, delete etc.
Forms create a nice user friendly view for the users to play around with.
Reports- used to present the data to someone who is not using the database. Can
be sent as pdf.

Lesson2:
Planning the Database:
Make a list of all the features.

Index- Name of Tables like Customers, Products etc.

Make the fields as specific as possible. Try not to give spaces in the name of the
fields.

Lesson-3
Diff parts of Microsoft access.

Accdb miscorsoft access extension..

Tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, modules are all shown in the navigation on
the main screen.

If u have a space In filed name u will have to put square brackets while writing
queries. You may use underscore. Hiphens can also be used but they are confusinig.

There are some reserved words which cannot be used in the Fields Name like
Name, Date etc.

Short text fields can be from 1 to 255 characters long.

Long text can be very very long. They are support formatted text. They are good
for notes.
Short text fields can be indexed to speed up searches. Text fiels are generally
refered for shorttext fields.
Number can be
Yes/no Boolean/binary
Auto number starts at 1 and keep populatinf rest of the numbers. Its a perfect
way to create an ID for the record.
OLE used to embed objects in the DB
Attachments similar to OLE
Hyperlink for storing a webpage or email address
Calculated field Lookup wizardDescrription

If u ever need to perform calculation on the field use Number Type, if u dont need
to run any computation on this field (pincode, ph number) dont use number type,
use text.
Number field drops the initial 0 is any in ur data
Also, if there are chances of any letter to come in this field then also use Text field
to be on safe side.
Number Double used for decimal values,

Primary Key used to define relationships between multiple tables- its one unique
value used for relating it to multiple tables,

Spreadsheet here is called Datasheet