Biochemical Data Management with Database Program

BIOCHEMICAL DATA MANAGEMENT WITH DATABASE PROGRAM 

The data are the unevaluated, independent entries that can be either numeric or non-numeric—for example, alphabetic or symbolic. Information is ordered data which are retrieved according to a user s need. If raw data are to be effectively processed to yield information, they must first be organized logically into files. In computer files, a field is the smallest unit of data which contains a single fact. A set of related fields is grouped as a record, which contains all the facts about an item in the table and a collection of records of the same type is called a file, which contains all facts about a topic in the table. 

The Microsoft Access database (http //www.microsoft.com/) is a collection of data and objects related to a particular topic (Hutchinson and Giddeon, 2000). The data represent the information stored in the database, and the objects help users define the structure of that information and automate the data manipulating tasks. Access supports SQL (Structured Query Language) to create, modify, and manipulate records in the table to facilitate the process. It is a table-oriented processing. The user is referred to the Microsoft Access User s Guide or online Help for information. 

Launching Microsoft Access and click New database from File menu brings you the Database Window with five tabs representing the object types that Access supports  

Query is used to select and retrieve data stored in table (s). 

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