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Creating and Modifying Tables

SQL Server 2008

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The topics in this section provide the information to help you create and modify tables.

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Creating and Modifying Table Basics: Explains the basics of creating and modifying standard and temporary tables.
Modifying Column Properties: Provides information about and related topics to modifying column properties, such as data type, length, precision, scale, and nullability.
Adding and Deleting Columns: Provides information about and related topics to adding and deleting columns.
Using Sparse Columns: Describes the benefits of designating a column as sparse if it usually contains null values.
Using Column Sets: Describes how to use a column set to return all the sparse columns in the table as an XML column.
Creating and Modifying PRIMARY KEY Constraints: Provides information about and related topics to creating and modifying PRIMARY KEY constraints.
Creating and Modifying FOREIGN KEY Constraints: Provides information about and related topics to creating and modifying FOREIGN KEY constraints.
Creating and Modifying UNIQUE Constraints: Provides information about and related topics to creating and modifying UNIQUE constraints.
Creating and Modifying CHECK Constraints: Provides information about and related topics to creating and modifying CHECK constraints.
Creating and Modifying DEFAULT Definitions: Provides guidelines and links to creating and modifying defaults.
Creating and Modifying Identifier Columns: Provides information about and related topics to creating and modifying unique identifiers.
Creating Compressed Tables and Indexes: Provides information about storing tables and indexes in a compressed format.

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