Sort a Query in Access – Tutorial

Sort a Query in Access - Tutorial: A picture of a user sorting a query result set using the buttons in the “Sort & Filter” button group on the “Home” tab in the Ribbon.
Sort a Query in Access: Overview             You can sort a query in Access by any field within the QBE grid when viewing the query in design view. To sort a query in Access when in design view, select the field in the QBE Grid by which to sort the result set. Then click into
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Wildcard Characters in Access- Tutorial

Wildcard Characters in Access: A picture showing wildcard characters used for query criteria in Access.
Wildcard Characters in Access: Overview             You can use wildcard characters in Access to add an additional level of flexibility to your query criteria. Wildcard characters within query criteria in Access represent unknown values. The asterisk “*” and the question mark “?” are the two main wildcard characters in Access
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Aggregate Function Queries in Access – Tutorial and Instructions

Aggregate Function Queries in Access - Tutorial: A picture of a user selecting an aggregate function to perform within a query in Access 2016.
Aggregate Function Queries in Access: Overview             You can create aggregate function queries in Access that perform a mathematical function on another grouped field in a query. Aggregate function queries in Access are usually shorter queries often used for summary totals in reporting.             For example, if you want to know the sum of sales
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SQL Training: Using SQL in Access 2013

SQL Training: Using SQL in Access 2013- A picture of the Code Editor window in Access 2013 with ANSI-92 SQL code contained within it.
              The SQL training “Mastering Introductory SQL Made Easy™ v.1.0” discusses SQL in Access 2013. Access 2013 is a RDBMS that creates self-contained databases and provides visual tools to allow users to make relational databases without the need for SQL. As such, there are few places to use SQL in Access.
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Understanding SQL Functions- Standard Query Language for Databases

To view the complete tutorial, click here             Understanding SQL Functions Functions serve a wide range of purposes within SQL. You can use aggregate functions to perform calculations on grouped values within a query. That is one very common use of functions within SQL. However, there are other types of
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