Database Basics

1. Perform the actions specified by Items 1, 3, 4, and 5 of Activity 12.15 (p. 247 of the lab manual). This should cause printing of the ATLASPOP.WDB database from the student diskette.



2. Perform the activities 11.1 to 11.5 (pp. 207-218 of the lab manual) and the exercise marked "On Your Own" on p. 219. Print the resulting EMPLOYEE.WDB database.



3. Perform the activities 11.6 to 11.10 (pp. 220-227 of the lab manual) and print only the first record of the COINSFO.WDB database after Step 5 of Activity 11.10 (see the top of p. 227). In order to print the first record only, select the "Current record only" option in the print dialog box, as the first record is being viewed in the "View/Form" mode. Note: Item 3 of Activity 11.10 does not specify which ClipArt picture to add. If you want it to be COINS.WDF, you may need to explicitly add COINS.WDF to the list of available pictures first.



4. Build and print a database consisting of the records of your 10 favorite movie actors and/or actresses. Each record must contain the following fields:
   1. Name;
   2. Real name;
   3. Date of birth (long format);
   4. Place of birth;
   5. The number of movie pictures with this actor/actress listed in the Internet Movie Database, http://us.imdb.com/search.html (give this field a shorter name);
   6. The title of your favorite movie with this actor/actress (again, give this field a shorter name);
   7. The year of the movie release;
   8. The user rating of the movie (to find the user rating, click on the movie title in the actor/actress filmography).
   Note: Use a web browser, say, Netscape, to access the Internet Movie Database.
   
   
5. In the MS Works Word Processor, create and print a cover page for this assignment. Don't forget to type in a brief one-paragraph description of Assignment 8.



6. Turn in the cover page and the printouts, preferably, stapled together with the cover page on top.