


DECIMAL - This data type stores decimal values, and is defined by the total number of digits and after the number after the decimal.INT - This data type is for whole numbers, and is often used for ID fields.

There are many more types than these, but you can use these to make a basic, useful table: The data types you will use will depend on the needs of your table. This allows MySQL to interact with them in different ways. Every entry in the table is stored as a certain type of data. CREATE TABLE dbo.Learn the basic data types. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of Database Engine.Ĭopy and paste the following example into the query window and select Execute. The new table is displayed in the list of tables. To view the new table, in Object Explorer, expand the Tables node and press F5 to refresh the list of objects. In the Choose Name dialog box, type a name for the table and select OK. From the Schema drop-down list, select the appropriate schema.įor more information about schemas, see Create a Database Schema.įrom the File menu, choose Save table name. To specify a different schema for the table, right-click in the Table Designer pane and select Properties as shown in the following illustration. To create foreign key relationships, check constraints, or indexes, right-click in the Table Designer pane and select an object from the list as shown in the following illustration:įor more information about these objects, see Create Foreign Key Relationships, Create Check Constraints and Indexes.īy default, the table is contained in the dbo schema. For more information, see Create Primary Keys. To specify a column as a primary key, right-click the column and select Set Primary Key. For more information about column properties, see Table Column Properties (SQL Server Management Studio). To specify more properties for a column, such as identity or computed column values, select the column and in the column properties tab, choose the appropriate properties. Type column names, choose data types, and choose whether to allow nulls for each column as shown in the following illustration: In Object Explorer, right-click the Tables node of your database and then select New Table. In Object Explorer, expand the Databases node and then expand the database that will contain the new table. In SSMS, in Object Explorer, connect to the instance of Database Engine that contains the database to be modified. Use table designer in SQL Server Management Studio If any columns in the CREATE TABLE statement have an XML schema collection associated with them, either ownership of the XML schema collection or REFERENCES permission on it is required. If any columns in the CREATE TABLE statement are defined as a CLR user-defined type, either ownership of the type, or REFERENCES permission on it is required. This task requires CREATE TABLE permission in the database, and ALTER permission on the schema in which the table is being created. You can create a new table, name it, and add it to an existing database, by using the table designer in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), or Transact-SQL. SQL Server 2016 (13.x) and later Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW)
