Working with Tables in Table Designer

The Table Designer allows you to change an existing database by changing, adding, duplicating, and deleting tables.

In This Section

• How to: Create Tables
  Provides basic steps for creating a new table, naming it, and adding it to an existing database.

• How to: Open Tables
  Describes how to use the Table Designer to open a table in an existing database.

• How to: Delete Tables from a Database
  Describes how to use Server Explorer to delete tables from an existing database.

• How to: Duplicate Tables
  Provides steps for creating a new table with the structure (not the data) of an existing table.

• How to: Rename Tables
  Describes how to use the Properties window to rename a table.

• How to: Discard Changes Made to Tables
  Provides steps to discard unsaved changes in a table if you decide that you do not want to save them in the database.

• How to: Resize Columns in Tables
  Provides steps for resizing column widths of database tables in the Table Designer as well as for tables that are part of the Visual Database Tools.

• How to: Show Table Properties
  Describes how to use Table Designer to show table properties, such as Name and Description.

Related Sections

• How to: Save Your Work in Table Designer
  Provides steps for saving changes to specific tables or to all tables open in the Table Designer.

• Working with Columns
  Describes what you can do with columns in Visual Database Tools and provides links to topics explaining how to modify columns.

• Working with Scripts
  Describes what you can do with scripts in Visual Database Tools and provides links to topics explaining how to create and modify them.

• Understanding Visual Database Tools
  Introduces the elements that make up Visual Database Tools and provides links to conceptual topics about the various tools and their interactions.