Rename a Field in a Table in Access – Instructions and Video Lesson

A picture that shows how to rename a field in a table in Access.
Overview of Renaming Table Fields in Access             You can rename a field in a table in Access that you have already created to change the field’s name. You should be extremely careful when you do this! This is because any changes you make to field names are not necessarily updated in all the previously
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SQL View in Access- Instructions

A picture showing a query in SQL view in Access.
Overview of SQL View in Access             SQL view in Access lets you see the SQL code of Access queries. When you are visually creating the query in the query design view in Access, what you are really doing is visually constructing SQL code. SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL is a multi-platform language
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Wildcard Characters in Access- Instructions

A picture showing how to use wildcard characters within query criteria in Access.
Overview of Wildcard Characters in Access             Wildcard characters in Access add flexibility to query criteria. Wildcard characters in Access represent unknown values. The asterisk “*” and the question mark “?” are the two main wildcard characters in Access you need to know. The asterisk represents multiple unknown characters. For example, the criteria “N*” would
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Create Input Masks in Access – Instructions

A picture of the “Input Mask Wizard” in Access you use to create input masks in Access.
Overview of Creating Input Masks in Access             You can create input masks in Access for table fields to dictate a pattern to use for data entry in the fields. You can manually create input masks for most text, date, and number data type fields in Access, except the “Long Text” data type. Access also
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The Format Property for Yes/No Fields in Access – Tutorial

The Format Property for Yes/No Fields in Access - Tutorial: A picture of a user setting the
The Format Property for Yes/No Fields in Access: Overview             You can set the Format property for Yes/No fields in Access to change the way that they will display in forms and reports. The following formats are available for logical fields in Access. To set the Format property for Yes/No fields in Access, simply select
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The SELECT Statement in SQL- Tutorial

The SELECT Statement in SQL- Tutorial: A picture of the SELECT statement syntax in SQL.
The SELECT Statement in SQL: Overview             You use the SELECT statement in SQL to choose specific records to view from a table, or from related tables, within a temporary table called a result set. We will start the examination of the SELECT statement by looking at the SELECT statement in its simplest form when
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Delete a Table Field in Access- Tutorial

Delete a Table Field in Access: Overview             You can delete a table field that you do not use from a table in an Access database. Once again, as when changing a field name, make sure that there are not any queries, forms, reports or macros that refer to the field or use data contained
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Advanced Queries in Microsoft Access 2010

Make Table Queries Have you ever run a query and wished that you could save the result set of the query as a permanent table? In Access, that is exactly what the “Make Table” queries do. A “Make Table” query creates a new table as the output of a query, instead of simply displaying a
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