Database Summary

So, you've made it to the last page of this database tutorial... Well done!

You should now have a general understanding about databases and how they're used. This tutorial was intended for beginners trying to gain an understanding of databases. Databases are not like most other files and require a little bit of thought in order for you to understand the concept.

If you have your own database management system installed, you should have a better understanding of where to start and what the various options mean.

What Next?

Most of the examples in this tutorial used Microsoft Access. 

Also, you'll have noticed SQL coming up throughout this tutorial. SQL is a very powerful language, but is also very easy to learn. You can achieve a lot even by learning just a little SQL. Once you complete this tutorial, you will be able to do things such as:

• Select only the columns you want from a query
• Query multiple tables
• Create databases programatically
• Create tables programatically
• Query multiple tables
• Use built-in functions
• Create an index
• And more...