How to: View Foreign Key Properties
View the foreign key attributes of a relationship if you want to see which columns participate in the foreign key side of a relationship. If the foreign key columns are related to a primary key, the primary key columns are identified in Table Designer by a primary key symbol in the row selector.
Note
A new version of Table Designer appears for databases in the SQL Server 2012 format. This topic describes the old version of Table Designer, which you use with databases in earlier formats of SQL Server.
In the new version, you can change a table definition through a graphical interface or directly in a script pane. If you use the graphical interface, the table’s definition is automatically updated in the script pane. To apply the SQL code in the script pane, choose the Update button. For more information about the new version, see How to: Create Database Objects Using Table Designer.
Note
Your computer might show different names or locations for some of the Visual Studio user interface elements in the following instructions. The Visual Studio edition that you have and the settings that you use determine these elements. For more information, see Customizing Development Settings in Visual Studio.
To view the foreign key attributes of a relationship
Open the Table Designer for the table containing the foreign key you want to modify, right-click in the Table Designer, and choose Relationships from the shortcut menu.
In the Foreign Key Relationships dialog box, select the relationship with properties you want to view.
The properties are displayed in the grid to the right.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Modify Foreign Key Relationships
Concepts
Foreign Keys (Visual Database Tools)