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This is fallout from the l10n and oldref attribute removal. Some tags were broken into two rows and the second was indented with spaces. The line break was removed along the tags, but those spaces were not. Command I used to catch these: find source/text/ -name "*xhp" | xargs sed -i -e 's#\" *>#\">#g' Change-Id: I6f9bad46cbfb7416950bee8230e358a3dd851def Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/37791 Reviewed-by: Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier+LibreOffice@googlemail.com> Tested-by: Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier+LibreOffice@googlemail.com>
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<helpdocument version="1.0">
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<meta>
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<topic id="textsharedguidedata_tabledefinexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Table Design</title>
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<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_tabledefine.xhp</filename>
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<body>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155448"><bookmark_value>tables in databases; creating in design view (manually)</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>designing; database tables</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>properties;fields in databases</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>fields;database tables</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>AutoValue (Base)</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>primary keys;design view</bookmark_value>
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</bookmark><comment>MW deleted "database tables;" and changed "tables in databases;"</comment><comment>UFI added AutoValue and Primary Key entry - i48831</comment><comment>MW changed Tables in databases, AutoValue and Primary Key entries</comment>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155448" role="paragraph" localize="false"/>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149798" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="data_tabledefine"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_tabledefine.xhp" name="Table Design">Table Design</link>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155535" role="paragraph">This section contains information about how to create a new database table in the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/05010000.xhp" name="design view">design view</link>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154288" role="paragraph">Open the database file of the database where you want a new table. Click the <emph>Tables</emph> icon. Choose <emph>Create Table in Design View</emph> to create a new table.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146798" role="paragraph">In the Design view, you can now create the fields for your table.</paragraph>
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<list type="unordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153349" role="listitem">Enter new fields in rows from top to bottom. Click the <emph>Field Name</emph> cell and enter a field name for each data field.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1595507" role="listitem">Include a "primary key" data field. Base needs a primary key to be able to edit the table contents. A primary key has unique contents for each data record. For example, insert a numerical field, right-click the first column, and choose <emph>Primary Key</emph> from the context menu. Set <emph>AutoValue</emph> to "Yes", so Base can automatically increment the value for each new record.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150084" role="listitem">In the next cell to the right, define the <emph>Field Type</emph>. When you click in the cell, you can select a field type in the combo box.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154760" role="note">Each field can only accept data corresponding to the specified field type. For example, it is not possible to enter text in a number field. Memo fields in dBASE III format are references to internally-managed text files which can hold up to 64KB text.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149456" role="paragraph">You can enter an optional <emph>Description</emph> for each field. The text of the description will appear as a tip on the column headings in the table view.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153379" role="heading" level="2">Field Properties</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148798" role="paragraph">Enter properties for each selected data field. Depending on the database type, some input facilities may not be available.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3144762" role="paragraph">In the <emph>Default value</emph> box, enter the default contents for every new record. This contents can be edited later.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150869" role="paragraph">In the <emph>Entry required</emph> box, specify whether or not the field may remain empty.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154908" role="paragraph">For the <emph>Length</emph> box, a combo box may be shown that provides the available choices.</paragraph>
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<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/>
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<embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/>
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</body>
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