Once the schema is created, close the SQL Script window. You’re ready to create a table. Creating a table I’ve created a database called SERVERS, that will be listed in the SCHEMAS pane.

The table's properties display, including the columns. You click a column and change the heading to edit the current columns. To add a new column, click "New" and type a heading for the column.

When columns are created within tables, they can be assigned a default value that will be used when SQL INSERT statements are issued that do not provide an explicit value for that column. This allows ...

1. Index by workload, not by table Many people make the mistake of just guessing at some indexes to create when they are creating database tables. Without an idea of how the tables are going to be ...

Set (SYSTEM_VERSIONING = ON (HISTORY_TABLE = dbo.SalesOrderHistorical)); Once you've created a temporal table, it does have some restrictions. Some things are taken care of for you: If you alter the ...

Using default values on database columns helps to insulate database design issues from application code. Find out how to change a column's default value at a later date using a single command.