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Click the <emph>Tables</emph> icon. Choose <emph>Create Table in Design View</emph> to create a new table.</paragraph> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146798" role="paragraph" l10n="U">In the Design view, you can now create the fields for your table.</paragraph> 46<list type="unordered"> 47<listitem> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153349" role="listitem" l10n="U">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> 49</listitem> 50<listitem> 51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1595507" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">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> 52</listitem> 53<listitem> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150084" role="listitem" l10n="U">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> 55</listitem> 56</list> 57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154760" role="note" l10n="U">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> 58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149456" role="paragraph" l10n="U">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> 59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153379" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">Field Properties</paragraph> 60<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148798" role="paragraph" l10n="U">Enter properties for each selected data field. Depending on the database type, some input facilities may not be available.</paragraph> 61<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3144762" role="paragraph" l10n="U">In the <emph>Default value</emph> box, enter the default contents for every new record. This contents can be edited later.</paragraph> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150869" role="paragraph" l10n="U">In the <emph>Entry required</emph> box, specify whether or not the field may remain empty.</paragraph> 63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154908" role="paragraph" l10n="U">For the <emph>Length</emph> box, a combo box may be shown that provides the available choices.</paragraph> 64<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 65<embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 66</body> 67</helpdocument> 68