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To delete one field from a table, place the cursor on the corresponding line and choose Delete line. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Caution

If the table in the database already contains data, you have to convert the table after deleting existing fields (see Structure link Adjusting Database Structures).

If you delete key fields of the table, data could be lost during conversion. If the table contains data records that only differ in the deleted key field, only one of these data records can be loaded back into the table.

Note

You cannot delete a field used as a reference field in another table. In this case you must first remove all the uses of the field as a reference field (see Reference Fields and Reference Tables).

You cannot delete key fields of the table if the table is the check table. In this case you must first delete the corresponding foreign keys.

You can determine all the tables that use the particular table as check table or reference table with This graphic is explained in the accompanying text .

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