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In the detailed table list, the following fields are shown for each table:

HELPDEVTODO: confirm this in the new gui

FieldDescription
OWNEROwnerThe table owner
TABLENAMENameThe name of the table
TABLESPACENAMETablespace NameThat tablespace this table is contained in
NUMROWSRowsApproximate number of rows in this table. Note that this information is based on stats collected by the database, and in some cases may not be fully up-to-date.

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  • Show data in table - double-click on the table
  • Bring up a simple list of the table attributes - select Show Table Attributes from the right-click menu
  • Bring up a    detailed list of the table attributes - select Show Attribute Details from the right-click menu
  • Create a collector for the stream - HELPDEVTODO: drag doesn't currently work drag the table onto a model view, or select Create a Collector from the right-click menu

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Table Attributes

Table Attributes are the columns of an external TableDepending on how you call them up, database table attributes can be shown in a simple list, with only the name of each attribute, or a detailed list.

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Detailed table attributes

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list

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  • Detailed list - Shows the attribute name plus other (database specific) details
  • Simple list - Just shows the attribute names

In both cases the lists show all the attributes for the selected Table.The list below gives the column headers returned for an Oracle database. See Oracle documentation for more details.the detailed table attributes list, the following fields are shown for each attribute:

FieldDescription
TABLENAMEThe name of the table.
COLUMNID
Oracle's
The internal id for the column.
COLUMNNAMEThe name of the attribute
DATATYPEThe
Oracle
data type.
CHARLENGTHFor character types, the column length in characters (not necessarily the same as the length in bytes depending on character sets).
DATAPRECISIONFor numeric types, the data precision.
DATASCALEFor numeric types, the data scale.
NULLABLE
Set to "Y" if the column is nullable

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Whether or not the column allows null values.
DEFAULTLENGTHThe default length of the column.

Table attribute actions

The following actions are possible from a Table Attribute table attribute list:

  • Selecting You can select several attributes and dragging drag them onto a modelling pane creates a Database Collector which is linked to the original Datasource. The Collector will be set up to fetch just the selected columns and all the table data, to create a database collector to read the selected fields from that table.

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