When you select certain nodes in the DB Structure view, properties and values appear in the DB Details view.
The top-level nodes in the OpenEdge DB Structure view are Database and Security. You can use context menus to work with the schema, and you can use filters to show only certain schema items in the view.
Database
The root node Database is at the top level of the DB Structure view. If the database supports catalogs and you have selected Show catalog in the DB Navigator preferences, all catalogs appear below the database node. If you have selected Show schema in the DB Navigator preferences, all schemas appear below the database node.
Beneath the schema and catalog nodes, the following child nodes appear:
SYNONYM | These SQL elements display all synonyms that were created in SQL against tables. The child nodes contain only tables, views, or other synonyms. They do not display columns or indexes of the tables. |
SYSTEM TABLE | Displays virtual systems tables and other metaschema tables. These tables cannot be altered. |
TABLE | Displays all application tables. Table nodes expand to show
columns, indexes, and triggers. Note: Since tables are displayed in
ASCII order and sorting is case-sensitive, all lowercase table
names are listed after the uppercase table names.
This
node also displays the multi-tenant tables associated with the
OpenEdge database. A multi-tenant decorator
() which is displayed with each
multi-tenant table indicates that it is multi-tenant table. |
VIEW | Displays the names of all created views. A SQL view allows you to extract rows and columns from one or more related tables and to treat the resulting data set as a table that can be viewed or updated. |
SEQUENCES | Displays sequences in alphabetical order. A sequence is an incremented number series applied to a particular field (column). Whenever a new record (row) is created, the number is incremented based on the value in the previous record. |
TRIGGERS | Displays ABL schema triggers, replication triggers, and Java triggers. |
DB DETAILS | Displays database, table, and column properties in the DB Details view. |
Security
When you select the Security node in the DB Structure view, a list of user accounts appears in the DB Details view. You can manage user accounts from the icons on the Security tab in the DB Details view.