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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><title xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Chapter 4. Creating a Database</title><meta xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.50.0"/><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Pilot-DB Users Manual"/><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Pilot-DB Users Manual"/><link rel="previous" href="ch03.html" title="Chapter 3. Initial Start"/><link rel="next" href="ch04s02.html" title="Creating a field"/></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 4. Creating a Database</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch04s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="chapter"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="titlepage"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="createdatabase.chapter"/>Chapter 4. Creating a Database</h2></div></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="toc"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04.html#id2764726">Accessing the Database Editor</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s02.html">Creating a field</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html">Field Types</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2764993">Text Fields</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2764982">Memo Fields</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2765066">Integer Fields</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2765104">Real Number Fields</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2765141">Calculated Fields</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2765243">Date Fields</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2765274">Time Fields</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2827356">Drop-Down List Fields</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2827380">Link Fields (to Another Database)</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch04s03.html#id2827406">Linked Fields</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="section"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="titlepage"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="id2764726"/>Accessing the Database Editor</h2></div></div><fake><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    The database editor is accessible from the New icon <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="figures/icons/NewD.png"/></span> and from <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="">Create Using...</a> menu item attached to each database in the database manager.
    It is also possible to edit <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="">an existing database</a>.
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    The first thing to do before defining the database fields is to give the database a name and choose its type. By default, the only available type is &#8220;DB&#8221; unless you have loaded the appropriate 
    <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="">database driver</a> as a <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="">plugin</a>.
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