Form and Graphical User Interfaces

Lesson plan More about queries More about entering data into a table Form

More about queries Action query to insert a new record into a table Queries -> choose the table -> right mouse click -> SQL View INSERT INTO [User] VALUES ('000001', ' ', '34 Lancaster Road', 'Glastonbury', '06033',

Entering data into table

Entering data

Entering data into table

Entering data

Practice Change the Registration table so that every time, we add a new record, the list of available students (studentID, firstName, lastName) and courses (courseID, courseTitle)

Form Data entry forms are the primary means of entering data into tables in the database. Graphical User Interfaces

Form Spread-sheet like view: Graphical user interface view

Why Form? Graphical user interface view offers: –Presenting data in an organized and attractive manner –Offering the ability to limit the number of fields that appear on the form and allow or preventing editing a specific value

Basic Transaction Processing Form Serves transaction processing applications which add new records, or editing existing records

Basic Transaction Processing Form Example: create a form to add a new record or view existing record to Employee table

Basic Transaction Processing Form

Practice Create a form to add a new record and view existing records to Course table

Using Design Form Window Form -> Create form in Design view

Using Design Form Window

Private Sub AddNewRecord_Click() On Error GoTo Err_AddNewRecord_Click Dim sqlStatement As String sqlStatement = "insert into [Employee] values('" + Me.userssn + "','" + Me.username + "'," + Me.usersalary + ");" DoCmd.RunSQL (sqlStatement) Exit_AddNewRecord_Click: Exit Sub

Practice Create a form to add a new record to the Course table by Create form by Design View

Create forms with more than one table

Quiz 2 1.a: SELECT DirectorFirstName, DirectorLastName FROM Achievement WHERE Movie =‘Chicago’;

Quiz 2 1b SELECT Movie FROM Achievement WHERE DirectorFirstName=‘Conrad’ and DirectorLastName=‘Hall’;

Quiz 2 2a Movie Chicago Gangs of New York

Quiz 2 2b: Syntax error. Missing From statement. It should be Select DirectorFirstName, DirectorLastName, Studio From Achievement Where movieID =‘200303’;

Quiz 2 3 Row 1 and Row 3 will be deleted

Create forms with more than one table

Adding Option Groups

Adding List boxes

Practice Create forms in section a and b of project 1, part 4