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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Defining Database Ranges</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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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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<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>
<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>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10648" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Define a Database Range</paragraph>
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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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<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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<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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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1066A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>More</emph>.</paragraph>
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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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