CREATE AN ACCESS DATABASE#
Under the Start/Programs/Microsoft Access menu choice, select Access. You will be prompted to Create A New Database.1. Select Blank Access Database:
2. You will then be prompted to Create AND Save The Database.
- For clarity, a folder has been created at the root of C: called DSN (Data Source) that would hold all MS Access databases and Mail Merge documents. The file extension will be *.mdb (Microsoft Database).
3. You will be prompted to Create Table Design View, which creates tables in the Access database.
4. Under File select Get External Data/Link Tables, select Link Tables and you will be prompted to choose a table source.
5. Change the Files of Type to ODBC Database, and leave the file name blank. As soon as you select ODBC Database you will be taken to a list of DSN sources; select the data source created earlier and click OK.
You will next be prompted to select the tables you wish to link with in the database. We will select P2K.P2K_HR_VEODBC, which is a view of P2K HR functions.
6. Click on OK.
You will next be prompted to Select A Unique Record Identifier. This is a database field that specifically identifies the record as unique. The only choice is ID, the row_id.
7. Click OK.
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When you next reopen the database, you will view the table you have created:
