Welcome to Application of
Database Systems (ACS-2814)
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Name: Yangjun Chen
Birthplace: China
P.h..D: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, in 1995
Post Doctor.: University of Chemnitz, Germany, 1995/7 - 1997/8
Senior engineer: Germany Research Center for Information Technology,
1997/9 - 2000/2
Post-Doc.: University of Alberta, 2000/2 - 2000/6
Assistant Prof.: Winnipeg University, from 2000/7
Associate Prof.: Winnipeg University, from 2004/7
Full Prof.: University of Winnipeg, from 2009/7
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Professor: Dr. Y. Chen
Office: 3D27
E-mail: y.chen@uwinnipeg.ca
home-page: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~ychen2
phone: 786-9417
Meeting time: 10:30 - 12:30 Mondays & Wednesdays
Lab Meeting Time: Mondays 15:45 – 17:45
(Altogether 5 times. First time is on May 14, 2012)
Meeting and lab location: 3D03
Office hours: 13:00 - 16:00 Monday and Wednesday
10:00 – 14:00 Friday
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Important dates:
Monday May 02, 2012
First class
Wednesday May 30, 2012
Midterm examination
June 05, 2012
Final date to withdraw without academic penalty from a
course that begins on May 01 and ends on June 27 of the
2012 Spring Term
Wednesday June 27, 2012
Last class
Date for the Final examination
June 28, 2012, at 12:30 pm
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Course objectives:
The course introduces relational database design, development and
programming using Microsoft Access. Specifically it:
introduces Entity-Relationship modeling, relational databases, and
normalization
focuses on introductory issues of creating tables, indexes,
relationships, forms, reports of lists and grouped data, selection
queries and action queries, macros
emphasizes hands-on experience through classroom lectures,
weekly labs for practice and exploration, SQL, and assignments.
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Required textbook:
Exporing Macrosoft Access 2007 Comprehensive by Robert T. Grauer,
Maurice W. Lockley, and Keith Mulbery, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-156788-7, or
Exporing Macrosoft Access 2010 Comprehensive by Robert T. Grauer,
Robert Grauer, Mary Anne Poatsy, Keith Mast, and Lynn Hogan, ISBN-13:
978-0-13-156788-7
Lecture Notes by Dr. Yangjun Chen
Required reading:
Ch 1. Introduction to Access
Ch 2. Relational databases and multi-table queries
Ch 3. Customize, analyze, and summarize query data
Ch 4. Create, edit, and perform calculations in reports
Ch 5. PivotTables and PivotChats: data mining
Ch 6. Data protection: integrity, validation, and reliability
Ch 7. Advanced queries: using queries to change data
Ch 10. Macros and Visual Basic for applications: customizing a
database
Lecture Notes Dr. Yangjun Chen
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Course Evaluation:
4 assignments
1 midterm examination
Lab
1 final examination
20%
20%
10%
50%
•All assignments are handed in at class on the due date.
•All works must be prepared using a word processor and
placed in a folder.
•Late assignments are accepted (up to 1 day late) and receive
a 25% penalty.
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Academic dishonesty:
•Academic dishonesty is a very serious offense and will be
dealt with in accordance with the University's discipline
bylaw. Be sure that you have read and understood
Regulations and Policies, #8 in the 2011-2012 UW Calendar.
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To work with Macrosoft Access 2007
• You must have Macrosoft Office 2007 installed in your
computer.
• Download some Access databases.
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Go to http://www.prenhall.com/grauer
Find “Exploring Microsoft Access 2007 Comprehensive”
Find “Click here for Students Data Files”
“Click here to download the student data files”
The files posted have been compressed in .zip format and can be used on both Windows and MAC operating systems.
You must decompress these files in order to access their contents. If you do not have a .zip expansion utility already,
download WinZip® for your PC or Stuffit Expander® for your Mac. The files posted have been compressed in .zip format
and can be used on both Windows and MAC operating systems. You must decompress these files in order to access
their contents. If you do not have a .zip expansion utility already, download WinZip® for your PC or Stuffit Expander® for
your Mac.
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Activate Microsoft Office Access 2007
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Open an existing database:
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A table:
Define a query:
A form used to input
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A report: output displayed according a certain foramt
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Macros:
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A module written in VB:
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