Special Edition Using Microsoft® Access 2000

Chapter 22. Exploring Relational Database Design and Implementation

In this chapter

• Reviewing Access 2000's New Database Design Features

• Integrating Objects and Relational Databases

• Understanding Database Systems

• Data Modeling

• Normalizing Data to the Relational Model

• Using Access 2000's Table Analyzer Wizard

• Generating a Data Dictionary with the Database Documenter

• Using Access Indexes

• Enforcing Database Integrity

• Troubleshooting

• In the Real World—Why Learn Relational Theory?

Reviewing Access 2000's New Database Design Features

You were introduced to a few of the elements of relational database design when you created the Personnel Actions table and joined it with the Employees table of the Northwind Traders database in Chapter 10, "Creating Multitable and ...