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How to Create an Action Query in Microsoft Access

In this Access tutorial, we’ll walk through the process of creating a basic action query, to edit data in a table, and see a couple of things we need to be careful to do just so. Want to learn more about this and other capabilities …

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Categories Databases, Microsoft Access

How to Use Select Case in Access VBA …and Why

The Select Case statement in Visual Basic for Applications sometimes “competes” with the If…Then…Else statement, because the two can both be used for testing information. When we want to find out about more than one thing, condition, or what have you, we sometimes need to …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, VBA

How to Clean Up Reports in Microsoft Access

There are a few important and helpful things to watch out for in Access reports. They spring from the fact that, unlike most other database components, reports often have to stand on their own. So their formatting and layout have to be more complete and …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office

How to Build an Error Handler in Access VBA

Dealing with errors in VBA code, especially in Access, is a vital part of setting up procedures. If nothing else, an error-handler can give the user a better idea of what’s glitching, if something does. And having a message box come up to give the …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Visual Basic

How to Add a Calculated Field to an MS Access Query

Calculated fields are a really big help in Access; they let us derive data from existing information. And they’re flexible, too. If one of the source items changes, the calculation updates immediately, just like an Excel formula. But some people aren’t aware you can add …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office

Using the Split Form and Datasheet Form in Microsoft Access

The idea of the split form in Access is rather like its cousin in Project. We set up a view with the “big picture” or large-scale view in one portion of the window (usually the top), and details in the bottom. Sometimes vice versa, but …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office

How to Create a Parameter Query in Access

The parameter query, while easy to set up, actually depends on a sort of quirk in the program, as we’ll see. But regardless, it’s a very powerful feature; it allows many variations on one question in a database. Ranges of dates, differences in spelling, and …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office

Creating an Action Query in Microsoft Access

The action query in Access is a different thing from the normal query we create, called a “select” query. The latter simply selects data and shows the result. But an action query edits data, or even deletes it. And the key thing one needs to …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office

How to Create a Subquery in Microsoft Access

Just as there can be subforms and subreports within an Access form or report, there can be a subquery within a query. As the term implies, a “query within a query” allows the main query to be more specific, or complex. It sometimes requires a …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office

How to Use Table Joins in Microsoft Access

The use of table relationships in Access allows tables to cooperate in the use of data, but table joins, while they look similar, serve a different purpose. The relationships, which allow coordination while organizing data, nevertheless don’t directly affect, say, the results of a query. …

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Categories Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office
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