Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2

82 Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2
Figure 2.14 – Creating a new table
2. Enter the name of the table in the General tab. We usedMYTABLE in this example.
3. Use the Columns tab to define the columns for this table. Click the New icon ( ) to
create a new column. This step is shown in Figure 2.15.
Figure 2.15 – Adding columns to a new table in the Properties view
4. Fill in the details for the column (you may need to resize the object editor window to
see all the fields). In the example shown in Figure 2.15, we have added three
columns:
EMP_NAME, which uses the VARCHAR(248) data type
EMP_ID, the primary key, which uses the CHAR(5) data type
ADDRESS, which uses the XML data type
Table 2.2 below describes each of the fields.
Field
Name
Name of the column.
Description