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3. DESCRIBING A QUERY3.1 OverviewThe steps for creating a query have been explained in the previous chapters. Once a query is created, all thecharacteristics of this query can be modified at any time:• data files and/or items used,• items displayed in the query result,• selection conditions,• sort of records,•…Only the type of the query cannot be modified. Indeed, too many specific parameters are taken into account.To change the type of the query, all you have to do is create a new query.This chapter presents:• the description window of a query.• the characteristics of a query.• how to open, close and save a query.• the management of the query versions.3.2 Description windowThe main characteristics of a query can be accessed in the description window of the query. The query editorproposes three description windows:• description window of a Select query (see page 186).•description window of an Insert query, Update query, Delete query or query in SQL code (seepage 191).• description window of a Union query (see page 190).3.2.1 Display the description window of a queryTo display the description window of a query, you can:• double-click the graphic representation of the query.• select "Query description" from the popup menu of the graphic representation of the query.• on the "Query" pane, in the "Edit" group, click "Properties". You also have the ability to click, on the"Query" pane, the group button of "Edit".Part 2: Query editor 185