Five Ways To Import Data Into An Access Database There are four different ways of getting data into Access that will work pretty much 99.9% of the time. Method #1: Manual Input Method #2: Cut-&-Paste Method #3: Import text files and Method #4: Link to another database More Access Database Tutorials >What Is A [...]
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Dangerous Access Data Types
Data Types Not Included In This Course – Overview I did not include every possible data type in this course. The reason is that I wanted to keep you focused on what is really important: getting up and running with your first Access database. I made a decision to not include four data types in [...]
Access Database Yes / No Data Type
Access Database Yes / No Data Type Finally let’s look at the Access Database Yes/No data type. This is the simplest data type – It stores binary (0 or 1) values. There are three different formatting options for the Access Database Yes/No data type: First formatting option is “YES / NO” A second formatting option [...]
Access Date Data Type Tutorial
Access Database Date Data Type In Microsoft Access databases and spreadsheets dates are stored as a number value. The integer portion of a date variable is the day and the fractional portion of the date variable is the time of the day. In Access, the date data-type is stored behind the scenes in exactly the [...]
Access Numerical Data Types Tutorial
Access Numerical Data Types If you want to store numerical values in your Access database you have seven possible choices. The two key questions you want to ask yourself are: What are the largest and smallest values the field will hold? Will the field require decimal places? Remember that changing a data type after the [...]
Access Text Data Type Tutorial
Access Database Text Data Types The first data type we are going to look at is the “TEXT” data type which stores text characters, just like the characters you are reading right now. The “TEXT” data type is also known as a “String” in VBA and other programming languages. An Access text data type stores [...]
Access Design View Tutorial
Switching to Design View All objects in Access have at least two views: a Datasheet View and a Design View. To navigate between the different views use the View button in the upper left hand corner of the ribbon bar. Each object may have more views than the Datasheet and Design views. In this case [...]
Access Data Sheet View Tutorial
An Access Table – Data Sheet View This is the Datasheet view of the Access table called tblOrders. A datasheet view in Access looks very similar to a worksheet in Excel. The field names are in the column headings above the data. Each row is called a record and the data contained in each field [...]
Importing A Fixed Width Text File Into Access
Once you have mastered importing data into Access using a Comma Delimited file the next step on your journey is importing fixed width files Once again we will use Access database’s Text Import Wizard but this time we will go down a different road. Fixed width text files are a little bit trickier to import [...]
What Is A Fixed Width Text File?
A Fixed Width Text File is another type of text file that is often used to transfer large amounts of data into an Access database. A fixed width text file contains fields in specific positions within each line. Fixed Width Text files are most common in mainframe data feeds but can be found in other [...]
