Creating Databases

After you have designed your database and determined the fields you might need, you are ready to create your database.

In This Section

• How to: Create Databases
  Describes how to create databases.

• How to: View and Set Database Properties
  Describes how you can view and set properties for databases.

• Working with Items in Databases
  Introduces and describes how to perform tasks with items in databases, such as displaying them, arranging them, adding items, defining relationships, updating links between a database and its tables, creating rules governing adding, updating, and deleting records, and so on.

• How to: Create and Manage Stored Procedures
  Describes how to store code written to operate on a specific database and that can move with the database.

• Working with Database Container Events
  Introduces database container events that you can use to run procedure code when database events occur.

Reference

• Database Wizard
  Makes it possible for you to create databases using a wizard.

• Database Designer (Visual FoxPro)
  Makes it possible for you to create databases starting with an empty database container or modify existing databases.

• Project Manager Window
  Makes it possible for you to organize files in an application project.

Related Sections

• Designing Databases
  Describes design considerations for creating well-planned databases.

• Managing Databases
  Describes various tasks for managing databases.

• Developing Databases
  Introduces and describes using databases to store, organize, and work with tables and views as a collection.