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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Queries</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150445"><bookmark_value>queries;overview</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tables in databases; printing queries</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>printing; queries</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150445" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02000000.xhp" name="Queries">Queries</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150499" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">A "query" is special view of a table. Queries can display certain records or only a few fields per record and, if required, also sort those records. A query can apply to one table to multiple tables, if they are linked by common data fields.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147399" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Use queries to find records from data tables based on certain criteria. All queries created for a database are listed under the <emph>Queries</emph> entry. Since this entry contains the database queries, it is also called the "query container".</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153750" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="39">Printing Queries</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149183" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">To print a query or table:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Open a text document (or a spreadsheet document if you prefer the specific printing functions of this type of document).</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Open the database so that you can see the name of the query or table as an entry.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149398" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">Drag the name into the open document. You now see the dialog <link href="text/shared/02/12070000.xhp" name="Insert Database Columns">Insert Database Columns</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">Decide which columns = data fields you want to include. You can also click the <emph>AutoFormat</emph> button and select a corresponding formatting type. Close the dialog.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">The query or table will be inserted into your document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150503" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Print the document by choosing <emph>File - Print</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3153146" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">You can also select the entire database table in the data source view (button in the top left corner of the table) and then drag this to a text document or spreadsheet.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155923" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">The $[officename] Help provides you with further information about the following subjects:<comment>UFI: deleted some old paras</comment></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148946" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="46"><link href="text/shared/main0212.xhp" name="Sorting and Filtering Data">Sorting and Filtering Data</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">Allows you to sort and filter the data in a query table.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153379" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="14"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp" name="Query Design">Query Design</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151211" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">With the <emph>Query Design</emph>, you can create and edit a query or view.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153968" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="29"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp" name="Query Through Several Tables">Query Through Several Tables</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">The query result can contain data from several tables if these are linked to each other by suitable data fields.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159149" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="31"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp" name="Formulating Query Criteria">Formulating Query Criteria</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154910" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">You can find out which operators and commands can be used to formulate the filter conditions for a query.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="33"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp" name="Executing Functions">Executing Functions</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">You can perform calculations with the data of a table and store the results as a query result.</paragraph>
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