1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsharedguidedata_tablesxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Working with Tables</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_tables.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2004-08-19T12:55:41">Working with Tables</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2007-02-19T13:52:02">YJ: checked</lastedited> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id1983703"><bookmark_value>tables in databases;creating</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>databases;creating tables</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>table views of databases</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw changed" database tables;" to "tables in databases;"</comment> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F9" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_tables"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_tables.xhp">Working with Tables</link> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10617" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Data is stored in tables. As an example, your system address book that you use for your e-mail addresses is a table of the address book database. Each address is a data record, presented as a row in that table. The data records consist of data fields, for example the first and the last name fields and the e-mail field.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Table With the Table Wizard</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME you can create a new table using the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/tablewizard00.xhp">Table Wizard</link>:</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new table.</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Tables</emph> icon.</paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Table</emph>.</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Table With the Design View</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new table.</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Tables</emph> icon.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Table in Design View</emph>.</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see the <link href="text/shared/guide/data_tabledefine.xhp">Table Design</link> window.</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10778" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Table View</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1077C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Some database types support table views. A table view is a query that is stored with the database. For most database operations, a view can be used as you would use a table.</paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10782" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new table view.</paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Tables</emph> icon.</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1078E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Table View</emph>.</paragraph> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10795" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see the View Design window, which is almost the same as the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp">Query Design window</link>.</paragraph> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1067B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp#base"/> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10683" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 96