Hide a Query Field in Access – Instructions

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Overview of How to Hide a Query Field in Access             You can easily hide a query field in Access. Sometimes when you create queries, you need to add a field to the QBE grid for criteria purposes only. In this case, you don’t want the field itself to appear in the result set. Having
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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

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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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