Chapter 3. Getting Information Into and Out of a Database

Getting Information Into and Out of a Database

Chapter 3 at a Glance

In this chapter, you will learn how to:

  • ✓ Import information from Excel.

  • ✓ Import information from a delimited text file.

  • ✓ Import information from a fixed-width text file.

  • ✓ Import information from an Access database.

  • ✓ Import information from other databases.

  • ✓ Import information from an HTML file.

  • ✓ Import information from an XML file.

  • ✓ Export information to other programs.

  • ✓ Link a database to information in another database.

  • ✓ Share Access data other ways.

Not many people enjoy typing information in a database, so one of your goals when designing a relational database is to ...

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