4. Creating a table «Students»

Table 7 Structure of the table « Students

Field name	Data Type
ID student	Number
Last name	Text
First name	Text
Middle name	Text
№ group	Number
Address	Text
Phone	Text
Medallist	Text

Some annotations:

• ID student

This field will be the Primary key for this table.

Field Size: Integer or Autonumerical

• Last name and Middle name

Field Size: 15

• First name

Field Size: 12

• № group

Field Size: Integer

• Address

Field Size: 30

• Phone

Use for this field a Input Mask: 999-99-99

• Medallist

Field Size: 4

Create a combo box

• Yes

• No

Also make «No» - default value

Picture 9 Field Properties. Default Value.

Save this table.

5. Creating a table « Disciplines »

Table 8 Structure of the table «Disciplines»

Field name	Data Type
ID discipline	Number
Name of the discipline	Text
Term	Number
ID lecturer	Number
Exam	Text

• ID discipline

This field will be the Primary key for this table.

Field Size: Integer or Autonumerical

• Name of the discipline

Field Size: 30

• Term

Field Size: Integer

• ID lecturer

Field Size: Integer

You should link the table «Disciplines » and the table «Lecturers ». It is always easier to pick from a list than to remember what the choices are. In the Table Design View, in the bottom section, each field has a Lookup wizard (We used a Lookup wizard for a creating combo box). Now select «I want the lookup column to look up the valuesin a table or query».

Picture 10 Lookup Wizard.

In the View box, if we select Tables, only tables defined in the database will appear. If we select Queries, only queries will appear, and if we select Both, both tables and queries will appear.

So you should select the table «Lecturers» and click-on the «Next >» button.

In this window we have in the list on the left the columns of the table or selected query, and in the list on the right we will place the columns that we wish to appear in the lookup list.

To select a column click on it so that it stands out and then press the button to send the column selected to the right hand side.

The button allows us to send all the columns from the left to the right side in one go.

The button allows us to remove a column from the list on the right.

The button allows us to remove all the columns from the list on the right in one go.

Select ID lecturer, Last name, First Name, Middle name.

Also hide key column.

Picture 11 Lookup Wizard. Hide key column.

• Exam

Field Size: 10

Create a combo box

• Exam

• Test