1.9 - Information Handling (Databases) (WJEC)

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What are Databases used for?
To store and organise large amounts of data.
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What are queries?
You can use queries to search databases.
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What form are queries written in?
Field-Operator-Criteria
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What are the different Operators?
=, , >,
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Name the different data types used in databases?
Number, Text, Date, Time, Currency, Boolean, Lists, Picture, Sound, Video.
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What are Number data types?
Data that stores numbers only.
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What are Text data types?
Data that stores letters, numbers and spaces.
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What are Date data types?
Data that allows only dates to be entered.
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What are Time data types?
Data that allows only times to be entered.
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What are Currency data types?
Data that must begin with a currency sign like $ or £.
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What are Boolean data types?
Used where only two choices are available. E.g. Yes/No, True/False.
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What are Lists data types?
Used where the user is given a list of choices they can pick from a drop-down menu.
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What are Picture data types?
Pictures of products or people.
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What are Sound data types?
Used to organise sound or music.
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What are Video data types?
Organises video files.
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What are Fields?
Fields are columns of a particular item of data.
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What are Records?
Records are rows - a collection of fields.
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What are Files/Tables?
A collection of records.
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What Key Fields?
Fields that are unique, such as car registration numbers and national insurance numbers.
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What are Reports?
Reports is a way to present information gathered from searchers or queries.
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What should reports contain?
Relevant information that is appropriately formatted, a sensible title data and page numbering, Calculated fields.
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What are queries?

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You can use queries to search databases.

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What form are queries written in?

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What are the different Operators?

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