Maximizing Lookup Tables in Access: Understanding Regions
60 likes | 89 Vues
Explore Northwind database tables and fields to determine possible values of 'Region.' Learn to manage regions and expand your lookup table efficiently. Discover the 'Limit to List' property.
Maximizing Lookup Tables in Access: Understanding Regions
E N D
Presentation Transcript
Access Chapter 5-Lookup Table Exercise
Creating a Lookup Table • Use Northwind.mdb file • Notice the ‘Region’ field • How many tables use it? • Customers • Employees • Orders (but named ‘Ship Region’) • Suppliers PgP MIS 342 Access- Lookup Tables
Lookup Tables • How do you determine all possible values of the field ‘Region’ in all of these tables? PgP MIS 342 Access- Lookup Tables
Lookup Tables • How do you determine all possible values of the field ‘Region’ in all of these tables? • Create a query, but what type…? PgP MIS 342 Access- Lookup Tables
Lookup Tables • Once you know all current ‘region’ values, what else might you need to know? PgP MIS 342 Access- Lookup Tables
Lookup Tables • Once you know all current ‘region’ values, what else might you need to know? • How about whether you will ever add more ‘regions’ to your tables/database? • Research ‘Limit to List’ property PgP MIS 342 Access- Lookup Tables