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How to Back up Your Split Database in Microsoft Access ?


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A split database is created by splitting two Access database files ending up with a ‘Back-End’ and ‘Front-End’ database files. A ‘Back-End’ Access database normally contains only the data tables while the ‘Front-End’ comprises the remaining database objects such as queries, forms, and reports. The data that a user inputs in a database object will be stored in the tables that back-end databases hold. Anybody can go through the information available in the front-end database but in order to access the back-end, the user needs to have administrator permission. Splitting a database can improve its performance, help secure your data, […]

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How to create an embedded macro?


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An embedded macro is a macro that is not displayed in the Navigation Pane under Macros; it is stored in the event properties of forms, reports, or controls. This can make your Access database easier to manage because you don’t need to monitor separate macro objects that contain macros for a form or a report. To create an embedded macro, follow the steps below: Open the form or report that will contain the macro in Design view or Layout view. […]

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The power of MS access query


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The real power of a relational access database is its ability to swiftly retrieve and analyse any data by running it as a query. Queries have the ability to pull information from tables based on a set of search conditions that is being defined. Queries are ways of searching and compiling data from tables. MS access queries are more powerful than simple searches or filters used to find data in a table. When you build a MS access query in […]

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Microsoft Access Database: Using the IIF Function In An Access Query


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Microsoft Access has a rich set of functions when calculating values including the very popular IIF function. If you have used the IF function in an Excel spreadsheet, then you’ll feel at home here as it’s the same! Take a quick look at the video below to know the basics Microsoft Access IIF Function (IF/Then) The above video was demonstrated with an earlier version of Microsoft Access and is still in use with the latest version  (2010). You can nest […]

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Microsoft Access Database: Crosstab Queries with Microsoft Access 2003


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What is a Microsoft Access Crosstab Query? Here’s the simple answer by asking a different question. Do you know what an Excel Pivot Table is? If you do, then you have just answered the first question! In fact, Microsoft Access Crosstab queries are quite basic and limited when comparing to the newer and richer reporting outputs of a Pivot Table but it’s still in use and effective. Take a look at this video tutorial (no more than 5 minutes) called […]

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Microsoft Access Database 2007 tutorial


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When Microsoft Access first appeared in the early 1990’s it revolutionized the desktop database market. Most versions have been similar to each other. Now with Access 2007 we see the most radical changes yet introduced by Microsoft. When working your way through an MS Access 2007 tutorial, a hardcore traditional user of MS Access is either going to love or hate these new changes. So what is different about this new version? The interface is completely different and instead of […]

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