Because a correct design is essential to achieving your goals in working with a database, investing the time required to learn the principles of good design makes sense.

In addition to the design principles that control the structure of a database and the data types that control what you can enter in a given field, several field properties can also affect how you enter data into an …

This article provides a brief overview of Access databases -- what they are, why you might want to use one, and what the different parts of a database do.

This article provides a basic overview of the structure of an Access database. Access provides several tools that you can use to familiarize yourself with the structure of a particular database.

When it's time for your Access database to go to the next level, migrate your data to SQL Server which supports larger amounts of data, more concurrent users, and greater capacity.

You'll find that it's much easier to create meaningful reports when your database has a well-designed table structure and relationships. For an introduction to planning and designing a database, see the …

Using the information in this article and a careful examination of your database design might help you locate what needs to be corrected for successful implementation.

Training: Access databases and web apps can make life and work easier. Start with a solid database design to yield big business advantages. Watch this online video to see how.

Here are some basic database tasks that you can do to help you learn how to use Microsoft Access 2010.

Because other database objects depend so heavily on tables, you should always start your design of a database by creating all of its tables and then creating any other objects. Before you create tables in …