1. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen1 Welcome to Application of Database Systems (ACS-2814)

2. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen2 Name: Yangjun Chen Birthplace: China P.h..D: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, in 1995 Post Doctor.: University of Chemnitz, Germany, 1995/7 - 1997/8 Senior engineer: Germany Research Center for Information Technology, 1997/9 - 2000/2 Post-Doc.: University of Alberta, 2000/2 - 2000/6 Assistant Prof.: Winnipeg University, from 2000/7 Associate Prof.: Winnipeg University, from 2004/7 Full Prof.: University of Winnipeg, from 2009/7

3. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen3 Professor: Dr. Y. Chen Office: 3D27 E-mail: y.chen@uwinnipeg.ca home-page: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~ychen2 phone: 786-9417 Meeting time: 10:30 - 12:30 Mondays & Wednesdays Lab Meeting Time: Mondays 15:45 – 17:45 (Altogether 5 times. First time is on May 14, 2012) Meeting and lab location: 3D03 Office hours:13:00 - 16:00 Monday and Wednesday 10:00 – 14:00 Friday

4. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen4 Important dates: Monday May 02, 2012First class Wednesday May 30, 2012Midterm examination June 05, 2012 Final date to withdraw without academic penalty from a course that begins on May 01 and ends on June 27 of the 2012 Spring Term Wednesday June 27, 2012Last class Date for the Final examinationJune 28, 2012, at 12:30 pm

5. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen5 Course objectives: The course introduces relational database design, development and programming using Microsoft Access. Specifically it:  introduces Entity-Relationship modeling, relational databases, and normalization  focuses on introductory issues of creating tables, indexes, relationships, forms, reports of lists and grouped data, selection queries and action queries, macros  emphasizes hands-on experience through classroom lectures, weekly labs for practice and exploration, SQL, and assignments.

6. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen6 Required textbook: Exporing Macrosoft Access 2007 Comprehensive by Robert T. Grauer, Maurice W. Lockley, and Keith Mulbery, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-156788-7, or Exporing Macrosoft Access 2010 Comprehensive by Robert T. Grauer, Robert Grauer, Mary Anne Poatsy, Keith Mast, and Lynn Hogan, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-156788-7 Lecture Notes by Dr. Yangjun Chen Required reading: Ch 1.Introduction to Access Ch 2.Relational databases and multi-table queries Ch 3.Customize, analyze, and summarize query data Ch 4.Create, edit, and perform calculations in reports Ch 5.PivotTables and PivotChats: data mining Ch 6.Data protection: integrity, validation, and reliability Ch 7.Advanced queries: using queries to change data Ch 10.Macros and Visual Basic for applications: customizing a database Lecture NotesDr. Yangjun Chen

7. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen7 Course Evaluation: 4 assignments 20% 1 midterm examination 20% Lab10% 1 final examination 50% All assignments are handed in at class on the due date. All works must be prepared using a word processor and placed in a folder. Late assignments are accepted (up to 1 day late) and receive a 25% penalty.

8. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen8 Academic dishonesty: Academic dishonesty is a very serious offense and will be dealt with in accordance with the University's discipline bylaw. Be sure that you have read and understood Regulations and Policies, #8 in the 2011-2012 UW Calendar.

9. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen9 To work with Macrosoft Access 2007 You must have Macrosoft Office 2007 installed in your computer. Download some Access databases. -Go to http://www.prenhall.com/grauerhttp://www.prenhall.com/grauer -Find “Exploring Microsoft Access 2007 Comprehensive” -Find “Click here for Students Data Files” -“Click here to download the student data files” The files posted have been compressed in.zip format and can be used on both Windows and MAC operating systems. You must decompress these files in order to access their contents. If you do not have a.zip expansion utility already, download WinZip® for your PC or Stuffit Expander® for your Mac. The files posted have been compressed in.zip formatWinZip®Stuffit Expander® and can be used on both Windows and MAC operating systems. You must decompress these files in order to access their contents. If you do not have a.zip expansion utility already, download WinZip® for your PC or Stuffit Expander® for your Mac.

10. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen10 Activate Microsoft Office Access 2007

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13. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen13 Open an existing database:

14. A table:

15. Define a query:

16. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen16 A form used to input

17. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen17 A report: output displayed according a certain foramt

18. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen18 Macros:

19. May 2012ACS-2814/3 Yangjun Chen19 A module written in VB: