Identify what kind of KEY is being asked in the following:

It is used to input numbers and letters in a computer.

KEYBOARD

It is used as a display which is usually hanging in cellphones or bags

KEYCHAIN

It is used to type our messages in a cellphone. KEYPAD

It is where are the answers are written in a test.

ANSWER KEY

It is used to make searching easy with the use of these phrases or words.

KEYWORDS

An animal that usually eats banana MONKEY

Microsoft Access 2007

Modifying Primary Key Creating Reports

PRIMARY KEY
A primary key is a field or set of fields that has a unique value for each record, is indexed and identifies the record.

FIELD SIZES FOR NUMBER FIELDS

Field Size Byte Integer Long Integer Description Integer value from 0 to 255 Integer value from -32,768 to 32,767 Integer value from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 Numeric values with decimal places to 7 significant digits Numeric values with decimal places to more accuracy than single Numeric values with decimal places to more accuracy than single

Single
Double Decimal

Steps in modifying the primary key:

1. Open your last activity and click the table for Boys. Here is an example table with the following fields:

2. Click the Design View button on the Status Bar to move to Design View.

3. Click the row of Student and set it as the Primary Key by clicking the primary key button under the Design Tab. You can also set it by right-clicking the Student Number row and then select Primary Key.

Steps in Creating REPORTS

1. While your database is still open, click Create on the Ribbon and select Report Wizard button to display the Report Wizard dialog box.

2. Click the Next Button to display the next Wizard Screen. Click the Add Tab with the fields that you wanted to show in your report.

3. After specifying the fields that you wanted to see in the report, click the Next Button to display the next report wizard screen.

After clicking Next, the report wizard will look like this:

4. Click the Next Button to display the Next Report Wizard screen.

5. Click the Student Number field to select the field as the sort key.

6. Click the Next Button to go to the Next Report Wizard Screen. 7. Make sure that Tabular is selected as the Layout, Portrait as the Orientation and then click Next.

8. Be sure the Module Style is selected then click Next.

9. Erase the current title and change it to IIIZIRCON BOYS then click Finish.

 How to modify a primary

key?
How did you create a report

in MS Access?

 What if there is no student

numbers assigned to every student of RTU-LHS?

What will happen if we specify the

wrong data type for a specific field? Example: First Name: Number

Assignment:
Guide Questions:

1. How to use a form to view data? 2. How to create split forms in MS Access? 3. How to change database properties?

End of Lesson
To be continued