Defining and working with database fields

The first step in creating a database is defining fields, or storage areas, for the data you want to store. You define a field to hold the same type or category of data in all records in the database (like a name, phone number or birth date), to display a picture or movie, or to display the results of calculations on or summaries of data in other fields.

  Defining or deleting database fields
Setting database field options
Entering a formula in a database field
Changing a field definition or formula

 
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