Which of the following datatypes is used for inserting a number automatically and incrementing it by one when a new record is inserted in a table?

Question

Options

• AOLE Object
• BMemo
• CAutoNumber
• DYes/No

• A
  11% (5)
• B
  4% (2)
• C
  82% (37)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

The AutoNumber datatype is used for inserting a number automatically and incrementing it by one when a new record is inserted in a table. The increment can be changed through the New Values property. This property has the following two values: Answer: B is incorrect. The Memo datatype stores alphanumeric values. These values can be numbers, alphabets, special characters such as <, >, ?, etc. This datatype is used in place of the Text datatype. It can store 65,535 characters. It also accepts text with rich text format, paragraphs, descriptions, etc. Answer: A is incorrect. The OLE Object datatype is used to attach files and add binary data to a table. This datatype stores each data in a bitmap format. This results in an increase in the size of a database file. Only a single file can be added to each row of a table. The files attached can be Microsoft Office files, graphics files, sound files, pdf files, etc. Answer: D is incorrect. The Yes/No datatype is a Boolean datatype that is used to specify whether a condition is true or false. A record can be retrieved based on any given condition. A user can use the WHERE clause to retrieve the data for those records that have been set to yes

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