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1.
INTRODUCTION: WHO IS THIS DOCUMENT FOR?.....................................13
1.1.
Preface......................................................................................................................................................13
1.2.
Skills required..........................................................................................................................................13
1.3.
The aims of the remainder of this document.........................................................................................13
1.4.
The structure of this document and how to use it.................................................................................14
1.5.
About Learning Access ...........................................................................................................................15
1.5.1.
Starter: the naïve user: Level 1..........................................................................................................15
1.5.2.
The thinking user: Level 2.................................................................................................................15
1.5.3.
The competent (“power”) user: Level 3.............................................................................................15
1.5.4.
Advanced: the programmer or systems integrator: Level 4
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1.5.5.
What is the relevance of MS Access skills?......................................................................................15
1.6.
Testing yourself........................................................................................................................................16
1.6.1.
What you should already know..........................................................................................................16
1.6.2.
What you should already be able to do or need now to learn............................................................16
1.6.3.
A checklist of more advanced skills
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1.6.4.
Further help on learning to learn.......................................................................................................17
1.7.
Conventions Used in this document.......................................................................................................17
1.8.
Limitations...............................................................................................................................................17
1.9.
Acknowledgements..................................................................................................................................18
SECTION 1 - THE PRINCIPLES OF DATABASE....................................................19
2.
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES..................................................19
2.1.
Databases (bases de données) and how they are designed...................................................................19
2.2.
Models used by systems analysts............................................................................................................19
2.3.
Simple model of data processing............................................................................................................19
2.4.
Why study Databases?............................................................................................................................20
2.4.1.
They are used in every significant BIS..............................................................................................20
2.4.2.
They are at the heart of......................................................................................................................20
2.5.
Background..............................................................................................................................................20
2.6.
How to store data ....................................................................................................................................20
2.7.
What is a database?.................................................................................................................................21
2.8.
Why keep data in different tables?........................................................................................................21
2.9.
Learning a minimum about database....................................................................................................23
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