1. Action Query Exercises
Chapter 9

2. Use Northwinds.mdb

3. 1. Update Query Products and Categories Tables
Look for products in the category “condiments”
Increase the present price by 6%
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4. 1. Update Query
Good practice to do a select query first and make sure you have selected the correct records to update.
Should have 12 records
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5. Update Query-Design View
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6. 1. Other Criteria-from Help
Expression
Result
"Salesperson"
Changes value to Salesperson
#8/10/96#
Changes date values to 10-Aug-96
Yes
Changes No values in a Yes/No field to Yes
"PN"&[PartNumber]
Adds PN to the beginning of each specified part number
[UnitPrice]*[Quantity]
Calculates the product of UnitPrice and Quantity
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7. 1. Other Criteria-from Help
Expression
Result
[Freight]*1.5
Increases freight charges by 50 percent
DSum("[Quantity]*[UnitPrice]", "Order Details","[ProductID]=" & [ProductID])
Where the Product IDs in the current table match the Product IDs in the Order Details table, updates sales totals based on the product of Quantity and UnitPrice
Right([ShipPostalCode],5)
Truncates the leftmost characters in a field, leaving the five rightmost characters
1. Other Criteria-from Help
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8. 2. Delete Query Order Details Table Criteria- discount of 25%
Delete any order with this discount rate
Note-watch out for the discount field format!
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9. 3. Make Table Query Orders Table
Criteria- orders that have not shipped
Make a new table with only these orders in it
Include all fields in this new table
Name table ‘tblUnshippedOrdersAsOfToday’
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