Chapter 3: Creating Access Tables
IN THIS CHAPTER
Creating a new table
Modifying the design of a table
Working with field properties
Specifying the primary key
Adding indexes
Documenting a table's design
Saving a new table
Working with tables
Adding data to a table
Using attachment fields
In this chapter, you learn how to create a new Access database and its tables. You establish the database container to hold your tables, forms, queries, reports, and code that you build as you learn Access. Finally, you create the actual tables used by the Collectible Mini Cars database.
On the Web
This chapter uses the examples in the database named Chapter03.accdb. If you haven't yet downloaded this file from the book's website, please do so now.
Table Types
To Access, a table is always just a table. But to your Access application, different tables serve different purposes. A database table fits into one of three types: object, transaction, or join. Knowing what type of table you're creating helps to determine how you create it.
Object tables
Object tables are the most common. Each record of this type of table holds information that relates to a real-world object. A customer is a real-world object and a record in a table named tblCustomers holds information about that customer. The fields in an object table reflect the characteristics of the object they represent. A City field that says Detroit maps to the actual city where the customer is. When creating an object table, think about the ...
