Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2

98 Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2
Figure 2.32 – Editing table data
You can edit the table’s contents by selecting a cell and changing its value. After you have
changed a value, be sure to press the Enter key or select another cell. The cell is
highlighted, and an asterisk appears in the tab name of the view to show that the table was
changed, but the changes have not yet been saved and committed to the database. You
can commit changes to database by saving the editor changes, either by using the
keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+S or by selecting File -> Save.
Note:
After you update a value in the table, you must press the Enter key or select another cell
in the table. If you do not perform this step and close the tab, you will not be prompted to
save the changes, and the changes will not be saved to the database.
2.7.2 Generate DDL
When you must duplicate a database table, the simplest way to complete this task is to
generate a DDL script that can be run on the target database. You can generate DDL
directly from many database objects, including tables, by right-clicking those objects in the
object list editor and selecting Generate DDL.
The Generate DDL wizard lets you select several options to be included in the generated
DDL, including drop statements, fully qualified and delimited names, dependent object, and
so forth. After choosing the options, the generated DDL is displayed and you can specify
whether to run this DDL against a database server or simply save it into a local project for
later use. For example, Figure 2.33 shows the generated DDL for thePRODUCT table.