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If necessary, find out which SQL commands are supported by your database system.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9577929" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To execute an SQL statement directly</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7923825" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> to open a database file.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9448530" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Tools - SQL</emph>.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151176" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="91">Click the <emph>Create Query in SQL View</emph> icon 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3154071" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_dbnewquerysql.png" width="0.1862in" height="0.1862in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3154071">Icon</alt> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> or</paragraph> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145786" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="92">Select an existing query from the list and click the <emph>Edit</emph> icon 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3156212" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_dbqueryedit.png" width="0.2228in" height="0.2228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3156212">Icon</alt> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir </image>.</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3083443" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="94">In the <emph>Query</emph> window, choose <emph>View - Switch Design View On/Off</emph>. Edit the SQL command.</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152460" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="96">Click the <emph>Run</emph> icon 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3152886" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_sbanativesql.png" width="0.2228in" height="0.2228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3152886">Icon</alt> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir </image>. The result of the query is displayed in the upper window.</paragraph> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149298" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="98">Click the <emph>Save</emph> or <emph>Save As</emph> icon 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3153159" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_save.png" width="0.2228in" height="0.2228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3153159">Icon</alt> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> to save the query.</paragraph> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153223" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="105"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp" name="Query Design">Query Design</link></paragraph> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>
