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A field is one piece of data or information about a person or thing.

A record is a collection of detail about a person or thing. Includes a number of fields.


A table is displayed below.


Mobile#

Name

Model

Network

Monthly Rate

Mins

Text

Contract Expiry

Insurance

07547474937

B. Davies

Sony Ericsson

3

£22.50

100

200

30/12/2006

No

07567235172

C. Miles

Samsung D600

3

£25.00

250

250

21/04/2007

Yes

07786289231

L. Evans

Nokia 3510i

T-Mobile

£35.00

500

1000

24/10/2007

Yes

07789317512

J. Edwards

Nokia 7610

Orange

£27.99

200

400

12/05/2007

Yes

07874569842

T. Jenkins

Nokia 6310i

T-Mobile

£35.00

500

1000

14/08/2007

Yes

07921345791

W. Smith

LG 316

3

£24.99

100

250

21/02/2007

Yes

07986172822

A. Saunders

Samsung 389

Orange

£35.00

500

1000

12/10/2007

No


Validation are checks performed by a computer to ensure that data entered is valid.


  1. Give an example of a range check that could be used.

  2. What is verification?

Complete the data structure table below:




Field Name

Data Type

Mobile#

Text

Name




Model




Network




Monthly rate




Mins




Text




Contract Expiry




Insurance



Which field would be the key field? Why is the key field important?


When the details are sorted by Contract Expiry in descending order who would be the first name on the list?

When searching you must state the Field Name, Condition and the Value an example to find people with phone insurance is displayed below:


Insurance = Yes

Field Name Condition Value
Write searches for the following questions.


  1. Display all phones on the 3 network.

  2. Display all phones with greater than 500 texts.

  3. Display all phones whose contract set to expire before the 12th May 2007.

  4. Display all phones that have 500 mins exactly.

A complex search asks two questions as part of the same search. An example to find all T-Mobile phones with exactly 1000 texts is displayed below:


Network = T-Mobile

AND

Text = 1000


The use of the AND operator means that both criteria have to be met. You could use an OR operator which means either condition can be met. An example is displayed below:

Network = 3



OR

Network = Orange


Write complex searches for the following questions.


  1. Display all phones on the 3 network with phone insurance.

  2. Display all phones with greater than 500 texts or greater than 400 mins.

  3. Display all phones whose network is orange and monthly rate is less than £30.00.


Mail Merge

A mail merge is where the information from a database table is combined (merged) with a standardized letter to create a number of individualized letters. For example if there was a special offer for all customers at the mobile phone shop, one letter would be written and their details stored in the table would be merged to create individual letters.

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