An independent real estate firm that specializes in home sales needs to create a database in which to store its records. In the following project, you will open a database containing information about the properties the real estate firm has listed. You will work with a table in which to store agent information, and then sort the table. You create a relationship between two tables and enforce referential integrity. You also apply filters, sort a table, and save the results.
Start Access. Open the downloaded Access file named Exp19_Access_Ch01_ML1_Home_Loans.accdb. Grader has automatically added your last name to the beginning of the filename.
Open the Agents table in Datasheet view, and add the following records letting Access assign the AgentID number:
FirstName LastName Title
Guillaume Picard Broker
Keith Martin Agent
Usa-chan Yang Agent
Steven Dougherty Agent in Training
Rajesh Khanna Agent in Training
Juan Rosario President
Sort the Age nts table by the LastName field in ascending order.
Apply a selection filter so that everyone with a title other than Agent in Training displays. Save the changes to the table design and close the Agents table.
Open the Properties table in Design View. Change the data type for the specified fields as follows:
Field Name Data Type
DateListed Date/Time
ListPrice Currency
SqFeet Number
Beds Number
Baths Number
AgentID Number
Save the changes to the design of the table. Access will alert you that some of the data in the table may be lost due to changing the data type of the fields listed above. Click Yes then view the table in Datasheet View.
Sort the records in the Properties table by the ListPrice field from largest to smallest.
Use Filter by Form to create a filter that will identify all properties with a list price less than $300,000 and with 2 beds. Apply the filter and preview the filtered table. Close the table and save the changes.
Close all database objects. Close the database and then exit Access. Submit the database as directed.