1. Starter A delegate comes to you (the receptions) and tell you they have lost their timetable (itinerary) What details would you ask them for to check the delegates database. So you can tell them what seminar they should be in? How long would it take to search the delegate database that has 3000 records? Put answers in your book

2. Searching a database Learning Objectives: Can you search a database? Steps to Success: Know what a query is Can create a simple query Can run a complex query using, AND, OR Keywords: Query, Run Query,, AND, OR

3. Key Words Query Simple means to ask a question. In context of databases it means to search for information < Less than >Greater than ANDInclude 1 or more of a thing ORA choice between one thing or another

4. 1. Select the Create tab from the ribbon 2.Select Query Design Records in a database

5. Query using <, also AND Starts query Complex query

6. Making different searches FieldCriteriaResults Town“London”Records that have the data London Numbers of students <1000Records that have the data less than 1000 School“F”Records that start with F

7. How many tables of information are in this database? How many schools are there in London? Can sort query into ascending or descending order Results of: QryLondon

8. How many tables of information are in this database? How many schools are there in London? Can sort query into ascending or descending order Making different searches

9. Homework 1.How many seconds does it take to run a query on a million records? 2.Run a query of your choice 3.Screen print, paste in word and annotate – explain how you did the work 4.Hand in via studentlab.weebly.com homework hand in page

10. Plenary 1.What did we learn/do today? 2.What does query mean when applying this word to a database? 3.What does design view mean? 4.Is it quicker to run a query than to search the database manually - why? 5.Describe how you would run a complex query?