Creating a Query Manually

A query can do more than simply return a list of records from a table. You can use functions in a query to perform calculations on the information in a table to produce the sum, average, count, and other mathematical values.

When you want to work with more than one table, you need to move beyond filters and into the realm of queries. Common types of queries include the following:

  • A select query retrieves data from one or more tables and displays the results in a datasheet. You can also use a select query to group records and calculate sums, counts, averages, and other types of totals. You can work with the results of a select query in Datasheet view to update records in one or more related tables at the same time. This ...

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