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MS Access - Objects

MS Access uses objects" to help the user list and organize information, as well as
prepare specially designed reports. When you create a database, Access offers you
Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports, Macros, and Modules. Databases in Access are
composed of many objects but the following are the major objects −

Tables

Queries

Forms
Reports

Together, these objects allow you to enter, store, analyze, and compile your data. Here is
a summary of the major objects in an Access database;

Table
Table is an object that is used to define and store data. When you create a new table,
Access asks you to define fields which is also known as column headings.

Each field must have a unique name, and data type.

Tables contain fields or columns that store different kinds of data, such as a name
or an address, and records or rows that collect all the information about a
particular instance of the subject, such as all the information about a customer or
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You can define a primary key, one or more fields that have a unique value for
each record, and one or more indexes on each table to help retrieve your data
more quickly.
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Query
An object that provides a custom view of data from one or more tables. Queries are a
way of searching for and compiling data from one or more tables.

Running a query is like asking a detailed question of your database.

In Access, you can use the graphical query by example facility or you can write
Structured Query Language (SQL) statements to create your queries.
You can define queries to Select, Update, Insert, or Delete data.

You can also define queries that create new tables from data in one or more
existing tables.

Form
Form is an object in a desktop database designed primarily for data input or display or
for control of application execution. You use forms to customize the presentation of data
that your application extracts from queries or tables.

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Forms are used for entering, modifying, and viewing records.

The reason forms are used so often is that they are an easy way to guide people
toward entering data correctly.

When you enter information into a form in Access, the data goes exactly where
the database designer wants it to go in one or more related tables.

Report
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Report is an object in desktop databases designed for formatting, calculating, printing,

You can view a report on your screen before you print it.

If forms are for input purposes, then reports are for output.

Anything you plan to print deserves a report, whether it is a list of names and
addresses, a financial summary for a period, or a set of mailing labels.
Reports are useful because they allow you to present components of your
database in an easy-to-read format.

You can even customize a report's appearance to make it visually appealing.

Access offers you the ability to create a report from any table or query.

Other MS Access Objects

Macro

This object is a structured definition of one or more actions that you want Access to
perform in response to a defined event. An Access Macro is a script for doing some job.
For example, to create a button which opens a report, you could use a macro which will
fire OpenReport action.

You can include simple conditions in macros to specify when one or more actions
in the macro should be performed or skipped.

You can use macros to open and execute queries, to open tables, or to print or
view reports.

You can also run other macros or Visual Basic procedures from within a macro.

Data macros can be attached directly to table events such as inserting new
records, editing existing records, or deleting records.

Data macros in web apps can also be stand-alone objects that can be called from
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macros or macro objects.

Module

Module is an object in desktop databases containing custom procedures that you code
using Visual Basic. Modules provide a more discrete flow of actions and allow you to trap
errors.
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Everything that can be done in a macro can also be done in a module, but you
don't get the macro interface that prompts you what is needed for each action.
Modules are far more powerful, and are essential if you plan to write code for a
multi-user environment, because macros cannot include error handling.

Modules can be standalone objects containing functions that can be called from
anywhere in your application, or they can be directly associated with a form or a
report to respond to events on the associated form or report.

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