How Do You Understand Referential Integrity In Microsoft Access?
You can ensure that relationships between records in related tables are valid by enforcing referential integrity in Microsoft Access. For example, if referential integrity is enforced, you will not be allowed to delete a record from your Customer table if there is a matching record in your Sales table. These instructions are for Access 97. Understand that referential integrity is a system of rules that Microsoft Access uses to ensure that relationship data is valid and that you cannot accidentally delete a record in one table if a matching record is present in a related table. Know that you can enforce referential integrity when you create a relationship, or you can enforce it later by double-clicking on the relationship lines between the tables that you want to use. Click on Enforce Referential Integrity in the window that appears. Realize that referential integrity cannot be set unless certain conditions are met. Comprehend that you must observe certain rules once referential integri