December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1872 pages
153h 31m
English
book
Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
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Using Object Explorer and the Table Designer to Modify Tables
The Object Explorer in SSMS is your window into the various tables available for modification in a database. You expand the Tables node in the Object Explorer tree and right-click the table you would like to modify. Then you select the Design option, and a Table Designer window appears, showing all the table columns. In addition, a Table Designer menu option appears at the top of the SSMS window. The Table Designer menu includes many options, including Insert Columns, Delete Columns, and Remove Primary Key. The full list of available options is shown in Figure 20.4. A Table Designer window for the Sales.Titles table is shown as the active tab on the right side of Figure 20.4.
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