As with the mathematical operations that we looked at in the previous movie,…Access provides us with a few ways that we can modify and combine our text based data as well.…For instance, we can extract a person's initials from a table of first and last names.…We can do this using what Access calls string fFunctions.…The key here is to think about your text based data as a simple string of…characters, so individual letters, and we will use those positions to help us…extract the pieces that we need.…Let's go ahead and create a new query. Create and then the Query Designer.…This query is going to be all about our employees.…
So we are going to add that table and close the Show Table window.…I want to add the first name and last name to our query just for reference and…then in the third field, I am going to right-click and say zoom.…The first function that I want to talk about is called Concatenates and that's…represented by the ampersand or the And symbol.…And we can use that to join two separate fields together, and this is how that will work.…
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9/9/2010- Naming conventions and best practices
- Working with joins and primary keys
- Using comparison operators
- Printing query results
- Creating parameter queries
- Creating calculated fields
- Using the Expression Builder
- Making conditional statements
- Appending queries
- Updating queries
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome50s
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1. Creating Queries in Access
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Query basics5m 37s
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Using the Query Wizard4m 8s
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2. Creating Simple Select Queries
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Comparison operators3m 42s
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Printing query results5m 38s
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3. Creating Parameter Queries
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4. Creating Calculated Fields
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Using text4m 6s
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5. Using the Expression Builder
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6. Working with Dates in Queries
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Using the Format function4m 34s
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Defining today's date2m 53s
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Working with time intervals3m 15s
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Using the DateDiff function1m 55s
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7. Understanding Conditional Statements
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Using the Switch function3m 43s
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8. Using Alternate Query Types
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Using crosstab queries4m 46s
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Finding duplicate queries2m 11s
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Finding unmatched queries2m 10s
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Updating queries2m 57s
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Deleting queries2m 54s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye14s
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