Specifications

Using the Database painter
78 InfoMaker
For all other DBMSs, creating and deleting a database is an administrative task
that you cannot do within InfoMaker.
Using the Database painter
To open the Database painter, click the Database button in the PowerBar.
About the painter
Like the other InfoMaker painters, the Database painter contains a menu bar,
customizable PainterBars, and several views. All database-related tasks that
you can do in InfoMaker can be done in the Database painter.
Views in the Database
painter
Table 3-1 lists the views available in the Database painter.
Table 3-1: Database painter views
View Description
Activity Log Displays the SQL syntax generated by the actions you
execute.
Columns Used to create and/or modify a table’s columns.
Extended Attributes Lists the display formats, edit styles, and validation rules
defined for the selected database connection.
Interactive SQL Used to build, execute, or explain SQL.
Object Details Displays an object’s properties. For some objects, its
properties are read-only; for others, properties can be
modified. This view is analogous to the Properties view in
other painters.