Assignment no 1

Name fatima batool

Class BSIT sem 6
Roll no 5
Ms access overview
• Microsoft Access is a database management system
(DBMS) from Microsoft that combines the
relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a
graphical user interface and software-development
tools. ... Microsoft Access stores data in its own
format based on the Access Jet Database Engine.
Components
Answer: The major components of MS Access are as
follows:
Tables.
Queries.
Relationships.
Macros.
Forms.
Reports.
• Module.
What is Microsoft Access?
MS Access logo
• What is MS Access? Microsoft Office Access or MS
Access definition tells that is a database developed
by Microsoft, a part of Microsoft Office software. By
its principal purpose, MS Access is the so-called
relational database (organizing data in a form of
tables linked with cross-related fields).
Ms access data type

Data types for Access desktop databases

Data Type Usage Size
Number Numeric data. 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 bytes.
Date/Time Dates and times. 8 bytes.
Currency Monetary data, stored with 4 decimal places of
precision. 8 bytes.
• AutoNumber Unique value generated by Access for
each new record. 4 bytes (16 bytes for ReplicationID
Development
• Access stores all database tables, queries, forms,
reports, macros, and modules in the Access Jet
database as a single file.