Designing Tables

The topics in this section provide information to help you design effective tables.

In This Section

Topic	Description
Table Planning Guidelines	Introduces the main tasks in designing a table.
Assigning a Data Type to a Column	Explains the data types available in SQL Server 2005.These include system-supplied data types, user-defined alias data types, and Microsoft .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR) user-defined types.
Autonumbering and Identifier Columns	Explains the concept of creating system-generated table values that are unique to a table or a computer network.
Enforcing Data Integrity	Provides guidelines for designing PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY, UNIQUE, and CHECK constraints; designing defaults; and specifying nullability in table definitions.