Chapter 20. Creating an Online Address Book

In this hands-on lesson, your project will be to create a manageable online address book. You will learn the methods for creating the relevant database tables, as well as the forms and scripts for adding, deleting, and viewing database records.

In this chapter, you will learn

  • How to create relational tables for an online address book

  • How to create the forms and scripts for adding and deleting records in the address book

  • How to create the forms and scripts for viewing records

Planning and Creating the Database Tables

When you think of an address book, the obvious fields come to mind: name, address, telephone number, email address. However, if you look at your own paper-based address book, you might note that ...

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