Learn how to decide when to use views or tables in your database design, based on their benefits, drawbacks, and use cases.

However, using views and tables also comes with some pitfalls and challenges that you should be aware of and avoid in your database design.

Access's design view helps minimize confusion when editing tables, as it displays every field and property in a single view, allowing you to see the structure of the entire table.

You have created a new database in the first part of this tutorial, and you've chosen to create a table in Design View. Below is a portion of what you should have on your screen. It's a view we call ...

You have come a long way. Now we're going to make a table that keeps track of the recordings in your collection. In the "Database Window", Choose "Create table in Design view" again. Hit "New" and ...

Basic Design Principles Most E-commerce applications use a similar design with 4 basic tables. There may be other ancillary tables to support things like shipping, taxes, categories for searching, etc ...

If you've been searching for a way to use the table structure in an existing Microsoft Access database in another table, then check out this quick tip. It shows how to copy and customize the table ...

LibreOffice contains a very powerful database tool that is actually quite user friendly. Here's how to create a database query using the Design View tool.

Alternatively, you can select a table from the Tables pane in the lower middle of the window, and select Open from the context menu to edit it in design view. However, creating a database and tables ...

In Microsoft Access, you can rename or delete a database table or other objects such as forms, reports, and queries. We show you how to do it.