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| Software ==> | Access (66 exercises) |
| Topic ==> | Designing a database (3 exercises) |
| Level ==> | Average difficulty |
| Subject ==> | Access training |
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Create a new database to hold your Christmas shopping list ideas, called Xmas list.
In this database, create and populate a table to hold the people for whom you are buying presents:

Here the PersonID field will be the primary key
Now create a table of all the places from which you typically buy presents - here is what it might look like:

Feel free to add your own favourites!
Create a third table which allows you to enter present ideas:

Hopefully your present ideas are more imaginative than this
Close down all of the tables that you have created, and enforce referential integrity for the relationships:

This is what your relationship diagram should look like
Close down your database!
Kingsmoor House
Railway Street
GLOSSOP
SK13 2AA
Landmark Offices
99 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2M 3XD
Holiday Inn
25 Aytoun Street
MANCHESTER
M1 3AE
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