QUERIES

Stand up if … Age 11 <12 >12

Stand up if … Gender “Male” “Male” Or “Female”

Stand up if … Hair “Blonde” “Blonde” and “Black”

“Blonde”, 12 and “Female” is our criteria. Stand up if … We call this a query. Hair Age Gender AND AND “Blonde” 12 “Female” “Blonde”, 12 and “Female” is our criteria.

What are we learning today? What am I looking for today? Understand – How to use criteria to find information in a database Be able to – Create and save a query to find information in a database What am I looking for today? All – Create and save at least 1 query Some– Create and save 2 or more queries

You need… Suspects Create Queries Suspects Database

Help Try to solve the 4 cases below by creating a query for each. If you need help creating a query click on the buttons above. Once you are ready to solve the crime. Click on a case below. Good luck!

1 Case 1 – The stolen cup Manchester United’s FA cup has been stolen. Can you find out who did it? Click on a witness to find out more.

1_1 “The man ran right past me. He was running really slowly because he was old. He was definitely over 65.”

1_2 “I’m a Liverpool fan. I’m not going to help you.”

1_3 “What’s the FA cup?”

HelpStart 1 2 5 3 4 6 Click Create Click Query Design Double click Name, Surname etc. to add it to the query 5 Select Suspects and then Click Add 3 4 Click Close You are now ready to make your query! 6

Enter your search criteria here. Look at the examples below for help. HelpMake 1 Enter your search criteria here. Look at the examples below for help. “Male” Find all of suspects who are male >35 Find all suspects who are greater than 35 years old <35 Find all suspects who are less than 35 years old Between 1.2 and 1.8 Find all suspects who are between 1.2m and 1.8m tall. “Blonde” Or “Brown” Find all suspects who have blonde or brown hair

This is my query. I’m looking for a man over 65. HelpRunStart 2 To find what you are looking for you need to run it. Try clicking on Run now. This is my query. I’m looking for a man over 65. 1

To go back to your query design click View. Try it now! HelpRunReturn To go back to your query design click View. Try it now! 2 1 These are the results of my query. I have found all of the suspects that are male and over 65 years old.

HelpRunSave 1 2 4 3 Click the cross to close your query Click Yes to save the query You should now see your saved query. Well done! 3 Give your Query a sensible name. I’ve called mine MurderCase1

Answers

Justin Bieber

Example

Case 2 – Mr Rickard’s missing trainers 1 Case 2 – Mr Rickard’s missing trainers Click on a witness to find out more. Case 2

1_1 “The man ran away with a bag of stuff” Case 2

1_2 “He was to old to be at school, around Thirty”

1_3 “He had a Tattoo of a dragon on his left arm!” Case 2