Access 2000: Level 2

Course description

Overview: Students will learn how to enhance their database designs by using the principles of normalization and table relationships. Students also learn how to query multiple tables for data that is used in customized forms and reports. Additionally, students learn how to create data access pages to share data over an intranet or the Internet.

Prerequisites: Access 2000: Level 1 or equivalent knowledge.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Normalize sample tables by identifying design problems.
• Establish relationships between tables by analyzing table relationships and enforcing referential integrity.
• Customize table designs by setting field properties to maintain data integrity, by creating a lookup list, and by creating indexes.
• Design select queries by using multiple tables to calculate, group, average, and concatenate values and to show top values.
• Customize form designs by creating calculated fields, combo boxes, and unbound controls.
• Interact with data through a browser by creating and using data access pages.
• Customize report designs by grouping, sorting, and summarizing data, and by adding sub-reports.

Course content

Lesson 1: Principles of table design

Normalizing data

Normalizing data for fourth and fifth normal forms

Lesson 2: Principles of table relationships

Analyzing table relationships

Establishing and testing referential integrity

Lesson 3: Table design techniques

Data validation techniques

Indexing techniques

Lesson 4: Designing select queries

Using calculated fields in queries

Creating multiple-table queries

Lesson 5: Customizing form designs

Customizing the form design

Performing calculations on a form

Adding combo boxes to a form

Adding unbound controls

Lesson 6: Working with data access pages

Creating data access pages

Lesson 7: Customizing reports

Customizing a report created by the Report Wizard

Working with sub-reports