CHAPTER 4 - ACCESS - QUERY AND REPORTS

 

CHAPTER 4: ACCESS – QUERIES AND REPORTS

 D. 1. Differentiate between Major Key and Minor Key

When we sort on more than one field the most important field is known as Major Key or Primary Sort Key while the less important field is known as minor key or secondary sort key

 E. Answer in 1-2 sentences

1.  What do you understand by query?

Query is a request for specific data from the database. The capability of querying a database is one of the most powerful database features

 2. What do you mean by compound criteria?

Compound criteria means applying more than one criterion to find the data we are searching.

 3. Why do we need sorting?

We need Sorting to arrange alphabetical/numeric data in ascending/descending order so that we can locate the required data quickly.

 4. What do you mean by report?

A report is a database object used to display data from a query or table in an appealing way.

 F. Answer briefly.

1. Explain the query window options.

The top pane of query window displays the tables selected for the query. The bottom pane displays a design grid where we can add fields to the query and also specify the criteria.

The query window options are Database Tables, Field list, View, Run, QBE grid, Field, Table, Sort, Show, Criteria and Or.

 2. What is the use of wildcards in query?

Wildcards are symbols that represent any character or combination of characters. The first wild card symbol is asterisk (*) which represents any collection of characters. The other wildcard symbol is the question mark (?) which represents any individual character.

 

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