Access Lesson #9

Objective: students will be able to insert and delete records, sort records, and filter and find data.

  1. Start>programs>Access>open an existing database>OK>file name: dbSurvey.mdb>open
  2. (Inserting Records) Forms>Switchboard>Enter Restaurant Data
  3. Restaurant Information>enter data for 5 ficticious restaurants (name, address, city)>close
  4. Forms>Switchboard>Enter Customer Data
  5. Customer Information>enter data for 9 ficticious customers (last name, first name, age, gender, area of residence, email, and restaurant ID)>close
  6. (Deleting Records) Delete one of the records using the delete record icon or edit>delete record
  7. (Sorting Records) Tables>tblCustomers>records>sort ascending or sort descending
  8. (Finding Data) Edit>find>click on a field>write in a key word>press find first>write in next key word>find next
  9. (Filtering Data - Filtering by Form: if you want to choose the values you are searching for from a list without scrolling through all the records in a datasheet or form or if you want to specify multiple criteria at once ) Records>filter>filter by form>choose values>record>apply filter
  10. (Filtering Data - Filtering by Selection: if you want to choose a specific value quickly or exclude a specific value) Records>filter>filter by selection>choose values>record>apply filter OR right click a field>filter excluding selection
  11. (Filtering Data - Filtering For Input: if you want to choose a specific value quickly by typing in the value) right click a field>filter for>type in value>press tab>filter for>type in value>continue until you find what you are looking for

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