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To view the properties of a table
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1> create table employee(
2> ID int,
3> name nvarchar (10),
4> salary int,
5> start_date datetime,
6> city nvarchar (10),
7> region char (1))
8> GO
1>
2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
3> values (1, 'Jason', 40420, '02/01/94', 'New York', 'W')
4> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (2, 'Robert',14420, '01/02/95', 'Vancouver','N')
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (3, 'Celia', 24020, '12/03/96', 'Toronto', 'W')
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (4, 'Linda', 40620, '11/04/97', 'New York', 'N')
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (5, 'David', 80026, '10/05/98', 'Vancouver','W')
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (6, 'James', 70060, '09/06/99', 'Toronto', 'N')
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (7, 'Alison',90620, '08/07/00', 'New York', 'W')
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (8, 'Chris', 26020, '07/08/01', 'Vancouver','N')
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (9, 'Mary', 60020, '06/09/02', 'Toronto', 'W')
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee
3> GO
ID name salary start_date city region
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> --To view the properties of a table
4>
5> EXEC sp_help Employee
6> GO
Name Owner
Type Created_datetime
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employee dbo
user table 2006-10-09 15:11:03.670
Column_name Type
Computed Length Prec Scale Nullable
ailingBlanks FixedLenNullInSource Collation
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ID int
no 4 10 0 yes
(n/a) NULL
name nvarchar
no 20 yes
(n/a) SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
salary int
no 4 10 0 yes
(n/a) NULL
start_date datetime
no 8 yes
(n/a) NULL
city nvarchar
no 20 yes
(n/a) SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
region char
no 1 yes
yes SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
Identity Seed
Not For Replication
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------
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No identity column defined.
NULL NULL
RowGuidCol
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No rowguidcol column defined.
Data_located_on_filegroup
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PRIMARY
The object 'Employee' does not have any indexes, or you do not have permissions.
No constraints are defined on object 'Employee', or you do not have permissions.
No foreign keys reference table 'Employee', or you do not have permissions on referencing tables.
No views with schema binding reference table 'Employee'.
1>
2>
3>
4>
5> drop table employee
6> GO
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