Use the Object List to display the
database objects for the object type folders that are s displayed
in the Administration Explorer for each database.
Procedure
To display and manage your database objects with the Object
List, complete the following steps:
- In the Administration Explorer, drill
down to and expand the contents of the database that you want to work
with.
- Click the folder that contains the type of object that
you want to work with. For example, click the Tables folder.
The Object List opens and the list of
the objects for the object type that you chose are displayed.
- Find the object that you want to work with and right-click
it to display the context-sensitive menu of available actions.
To work with multiple objects of the same type, select the
objects and then right-click to display the context-sensitive menu.
Tip: To easily find an object, you can enter characters
in the Object Name Search field.
When you use the Object Name Search field,
only the objects that meet your specified criteria are displayed.
The Object Name Search field
is not case-sensitive. Use one or more percent (%) characters for
a wildcard search character, and use one or more underscore (_) characters
to match a single character.
- On the context-sensitive menu, click the action that you
want to do. For example, click Alter to
start the process to change the object.
What to do next
You can also use the
Object List to
view the properties of objects and perform actions on objects, you
can change the properties that are displayed in the
Object
List and the order in which they are displayed, define
custom properties, sort the column data, and filter the data that
is displayed.