Overview
Students will get the most out of this course if they want to learn to enhance their database designs by using the principles of data normalization and table relationships; to query multiple tables for data that is used in customized forms and reports; and to begin using data access pages.
Prerequisites
To ensure your success with this course, we recommend that you first take the following Content courses or have equivalent knowledge:
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Normalize sample tables by identifying design problems.
- Establish relationships between tables by analyzing table relationships and enforcing referential integrity.
- Customize table designs by setting field properties to maintain data integrity, by creating a lookup list, and by creating indexes.
- Design select queries by using multiple tables to calculate, group, average, and concatenate values and to show top values.
- Customize form designs by creating calculated fields, combo boxes, and unbound controls.
- Publish data to the Web by creating data access pages.
- Customize report designs by grouping, sorting, and summarizing data, and by adding subreports.
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware/software required to run this course
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware components:
- This book was written for the Windows XP platform.
- A 233 MHz Pentium-class processor if you use Windows XP Professional as your operating system. (300 MHz is recommended.)
- A 133 MHz Pentium-class processor if you use Windows 2000 Professional as your operating system.
- 128 MB of RAM.
- A 5 GB hard disk or larger, if you use Windows XP Professional as your operating system. You should have at least 600 MB of free hard-disk space available for the Office installation.
- A 3 GB hard disk or larger, if you use Windows 2000 Professional as your operating system. You should have at least 600 MB of free hard-disk space available for the Office installation.
- A CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
- A mouse or other pointing device.
- An 800 x 600 resolution monitor.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- Internet access (see your local network administrator).
- A printer (optional).
- A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
- Either Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1, or Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 3.
- Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003.
Course duration
1 Day(s)
Course outline
Lesson 1: Principles of table design
- Normalizing data
- Normalizing data for fourth and fifth normal forms
Lesson 2: Principles of table relationships
- Analyzing table relationships
- Establishing and testing referential integrity
Lesson 3: Table design techniques
- Data validation techniques
- Indexing techniques
Lesson 4: Designing select queries
- Using calculated fields in queries
- Creating multiple-table queries
Lesson 5: Customizing form designs
- Customizing the form design
- Performing calculations on a form
- Adding combo boxes to a form
- Adding unbound controls
Lesson 6: Working with data access pages
- Creating data access pages
Lesson 7: Customizing reports
- Customizing a report created by the Report Wizard
- Working with subreports
Appendix A: Using the Chart Wizard
- Creating a chart in a form or report
Appendix B: New features of Access
- View information on object dependencies
- Property update options
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