tables Command—Start the Tables Program

The tables command starts the Tables program, a forms-based interface for creating, destroying and examining tables.

For a complete description of the Tables program, see the Character-based Querying and Reporting Tools User Guide.

The tables command has the following format:

tables dbname|vnode::dbname[/server_class][-e] [-uusername] [-Ggroupid]

• dbname

  Specifies the name of the database, and if required, the vnode and server_class, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.

• -e

  Invokes the tables program in empty mode. The catalog is initially displayed empty, so that the user can enter specific names of database objects.

• -uusername

  Specifies the effective user for the session, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.

• -Ggroupid

  Specifies a group identifier, as described in Standard Flags and Parameters.

  On VMS, enclose this parameter in double quotation marks ("-Ggroupid").

tables Example

This command invokes the Tables utility with an empty initial catalog of the emp database for the effective user emma:

tables emp -e -uemma