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<helpdocument version="1.0">
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<meta>
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<topic id="textscalcguidedatabase_definexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Defining Database Ranges</title>
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<filename>/text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp</filename>
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</topic>
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<history>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<lastedited date="2004-12-10T11:40:29">FPE: Cleaned up, deleted screenshot
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dedr: reviewed</lastedited>
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<body>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154758"><bookmark_value>tables; database ranges</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>database ranges; defining</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>ranges; defining database ranges</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>defining;database ranges</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154758" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="31"><variable id="database_define"><link href="text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp" name="Defining Database Ranges">Defining a Database Range</link>
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</variable></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="81">You can define a range of cells in a spreadsheet to use as a database. Each row in this database range corresponds to a database record and each cell in a row corresponds to a database field. You can sort, group, search, and perform calculations on the range as you would in a database.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3145801" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="82">You can only edit and access a database range in the spreadsheet that contains the range. You cannot access the database range in the %PRODUCTNAME Data Sources view. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10648" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Define a Database Range</paragraph>
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<list type="ordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155064" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="41">Select the range of cells that you want to define as a database range.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10654" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Define Range</item>.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153715" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="72">In the <emph>Name</emph> box, enter a name for the database range.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1066A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>More</emph>.</paragraph>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Specify the options for the database range.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10675" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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<section id="relatedtopics">
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<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp#database_sort"/>
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<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp#database_filter"/>
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