Query Help

Getting Started

• What's new in Microsoft Query
• Setting up Microsoft Query to use a data source

Creating Queries

• Create a query
• Guidelines for constructing a query
• Add a table to a query
• Delete a table from a query
• Add or remove fields
• Return a result set to Microsoft Excel
• View or edit SQL statements in a query

Using Joins

• How joins affect the result set in a query
• Create a join
• Remove a join
• Operators in joins
• Change the type of join between tables in a query
• Combine all the data from two tables
• Retrieve the records that two tables don't have in common

Controlling Data Retrieval

• Sort records in a query
• Retrieve records that match a specific value
• Specify what records to retrieve by using criteria
• About using criteria

Troubleshooting

• I can't create the joins I want.
• I can't find the table I want.
• I can't modify a record in my database.
• I can't save the result set as a table in my database.
• My joins don't give me the records I expect.
• Microsoft Query does not return all of the available records.
• Microsoft Query won't let me format or print the result set.
• Microsoft Query won't let me make mailing labels.

Additional Information

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