vsTASKER 7 User Manual
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Column

 
Column
1

Name

1. Name
Name of the field, must be unique in the table.
 
2

Type

2. Type
Select from the drop down list the type of the field.
vsTASKER provides less predefined types than SQL.
 
3

Size

3. Size
When the selected type must include a size, specify it here.
In Workbench, the size is expressed between the parenthesis. In vsTASKER, it must be set aside.
 
4

Default

4. Default
Set here the default value for the field, if any or needed.
 
5

Flags

5. Flags
 
  • Primary Key: used for sorting or retrieving the field.
  • Not Null: data shall always be provided
  • Uniq Index: Create/remove Unique Key
  • Auto Increment: only for number, like an ID, is automatically incremented for each new data entry.
  • Unsigned: non-negative numbers only. so if the range is -500 to 500, instead its 0 - 1000, the range is the same but it starts at 0.
  • Fill with 0: if the length is 5 like INT(5) then every field is filled with 0’s to the 5th value. 12 = 00012, 400 = 00400, etc.
  • Is Binary: stores data as binary strings. There is no character set so sorting and comparison is based on the numeric values of the bytes in the values.
Refer to mySQL documentation for more information on these flags.