after going through this section on planning the databases, I am not too sure after learning access, it can help me to plan and keep track of my students clinical posting to the hospital, failures, report of perfomance in hospital etc etc. can't figure out how a table can relate to another table in this case. I will appreciate if you can tell me if i have chosen the right course to help me in my work more effectively.?????

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Reply from Richard Rost:

Oh, I'm sure Access is the right tool for the job. Don't worry... sometimes it's difficult to plan out your database perfectly until you've built a few databases! It sounds like a Catch-22, but you really need to build a few simple databases first BEFORE you "get it." That's why I recommend you build the sample database with me in class before embarking on your own project.

Now, I don't start covering RELATIONSHIPS between tables until the EXPERT series, so you've got nine Beginner levels to get through before you really have to worry about that. Don't worry... it will come to you.