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If necessary, find out which SQL commands are supported by your database system.</paragraph> 43*93574d91Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9577929" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To execute an SQL statement directly</paragraph> 44*93574d91Smseidel<list type="ordered"> 45*93574d91Smseidel<listitem> 46*93574d91Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7923825" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> to open a database file.</paragraph> 47*93574d91Smseidel</listitem> 48*93574d91Smseidel<listitem> 49*93574d91Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9448530" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Tools - SQL</emph>.</paragraph> 50*93574d91Smseidel</listitem> 51*93574d91Smseidel<listitem> 52*93574d91Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151176" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="91">Click the <emph>Create Query in SQL View</emph> icon 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 54*93574d91Smseidel</image> or</paragraph> 55*93574d91Smseidel<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 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 57*93574d91Smseidel</image>.</paragraph> 58*93574d91Smseidel</listitem> 59*93574d91Smseidel<listitem> 60*93574d91Smseidel<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> 61*93574d91Smseidel</listitem> 62*93574d91Smseidel<listitem> 63*93574d91Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152460" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="96">Click the <emph>Run</emph> icon 64c33b1299Sdamjan<image id="img_id3152886" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_sbaexecutesql.png" width="0.2228in" height="0.2228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3152886">Icon</alt> 65*93574d91Smseidel</image>. The result of the query is displayed in the upper window.</paragraph> 66*93574d91Smseidel</listitem> 67*93574d91Smseidel<listitem> 68*93574d91Smseidel<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 69cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 70*93574d91Smseidel</image> to save the query.</paragraph> 71*93574d91Smseidel</listitem> 72*93574d91Smseidel</list> 73*93574d91Smseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 74*93574d91Smseidel<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> 75*93574d91Smseidel<embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 76*93574d91Smseidel</section> 77*93574d91Smseidel</body> 78c33b1299Sdamjan</helpdocument> 79
