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Building the Table (Exit Option)

When you complete the schema for the new (or modified) table, select the Exit option on the CREATE TABLE (or ALTER TABLE) menu. DB–Access displays the menu, as Figure 53 shows.

Figure 53. The CREATE TABLE Menu
CREATE TABLE clients:   Build-new-table   Discard-new-table
Builds a new table and returns to the Table Menu.

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 Column Name                     Type            Length   Index  Nulls

 customer_num                    Serial            101    Unique No
 fname                           Char               15           Yes
 lname                           Char               15           Yes
 company                         Char               20           Yes
 address1                        Char               20           Yes
 address2                        Char               20           Yes
 city                            Char               15           Yes
 state                           Char                2           Yes
 zipcode                         Char                5    Dups   Yes
 phone                           Char               18           Yes
                              

To create the table that contains the displayed columns and return to the TABLE menu, select Build-new-table. To return to the TABLE menu without saving the new or modified table definition, select Discard-new-table.

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