Introduction to PowerBuilder

Creating 'units' Table

To create a new table, select Object/New/Table from the menu or click on the icon. This invokes the Create Table dialog box:

Type the following text for the prompts. We will explain about them later in the session.

Name	Data Type	Width	Null	Decimals
unit	Char	1	No	<none>
unit_description	varchar	10	No	<none>

Save the table as "units" by selecting "File/Save" from the menu and close the dialog box by selecting "File/Close". Once you close the dialog box, PowerBuilder displays the created table in the database painter's work place and it looks something like this picture:

 

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