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New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007, Introductory

Joseph J. Adamski, Kathy T. Finnegan

Chapter 5

Creating Advanced Queries and Enhancing Table Design - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

If you took a break after the previous session, make sure that the Panorama database is open.
Trouble? If the Security Warning is displayed below the Ribbon, click the Options button next to the Security Warning. In the dialog box that opens, click the "Enable this content" option button, and then click the OK button.

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01:37

Problem 1

What is the purpose of a crosstab query?

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Problem 1

You use the property to specify how a field name appears in datasheet column headings and in form and report labels.

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Problem 2

What are the four query wizards you can use to create a new query?

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Problem 2

If necessary, open the Navigation Pane, and then open the tblContract table in Design view.

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Problem 2

Which comparison operator selects records based on a specific pattern?

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00:10

Problem 3

What is a find duplicates query?

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Problem 3

Click the right side of the Data Type text box for the CustomerID field to display the list of data types, and then click Lookup Wizard. A message box appears, warning you to delete the relationship between the tblCustomer and tblContract tables if you want to make the CustomerID field a lookup field. See Figure 5-31.
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Access will use the lookup field to form the one-to-many relationship between the tblCustomer and tblContract tables, so you don't need the relationship you previously defined between the two tables.

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01:08

Problem 3

What is the purpose of the asterisk $\left(^*\right)$ in a pattern match query?

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Problem 4

What does a find unmatched query do?

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Problem 4

When do you use the In comparison operator?

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00:43

Problem 4

Click the $\mathbf{O K}$ button, close the tblContract table, and then click the No button when asked if you want to save the table design changes.

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Problem 5

Click the Database Tools tab on the Ribbon, and then, in the Show/Hide group on the Database Tools tab, click the Relationships button to open the Relationships window.

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02:10

Problem 5

How do you negate a selection criterion?

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01:43

Problem 5

What happens when you set a query's Top Values property?

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Problem 6

Right-click the join line between the tblCustomer and tblContract tables, click Delete, and then click the Yes button to confirm the deletion.
Trouble? If the Delete command does not appear on the shortcut menu, click a blank area in the Relationships window to close the shortcut menu, and then repeat Step 6.

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Problem 6

What happens if you set a query's Top Values property to 2 and the first five records have the same value for the primary sort field?

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Problem 6

The function returns one of two values based on whether the condition being tested is true or false.

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Problem 7

Close the Relationships window.

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Problem 7

When do you use a parameter query?

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