It is useful to think of table design as similar to the process of building a foundation for your house. Just as a house with a faulty foundation will fall over, an application with a poor table design will be difficult to build, maintain, and use. This chapter covers all of the ins and outs of table design in Access 2003. After reading this chapter, you will be ready to build the other components of your application, knowing that the tables you design provide the application with a strong foundation.