Microsoft Access
Importing data exercise
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This Microsoft Access IMPORTING DATA exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to assess their suitability for the Wise Owl ACCESS INTRODUCTION FOR DEVELOPERS course only, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.

Exercise: Import and link to songs

A full answer to this exercise is provided as part of the training course!

1)	Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-705.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2)	Create a new database called Songs (this is optional - if you prefer you could use an existing database).
3)	Open the Excel file in the above folder, and make changes to it so that each worksheet will import successfully.
Be especially careful with the data in the best-selling albums worksheet.
4)	Import the Xmas Hits worksheet into a new table of the same name, and check that you have 50 records:
	Here we have changed the Rank field so that it is numerical
5)	Link to the Top-selling albums worksheet - you should get 110 records:
	But where are Aqua?
6)	Award yourself bonus points if you have got the correct data showing for rank 72 (Bon Jovi) and 79 (Texas).  If you haven't, what went wrong?
7)	Close down your database, saving any changes.

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