Help! Could someone please tell me how to delete fields/columns out of existing tables? I find myself, after 6 years and one job change back to using Paradox and can't remember how to do this simple task! I know how to delete fields from reports, forms,etc but can't for the life of me figure out how to restructure the existing table. I know how to go into "restructure" but I need to take out entire columns/fields.
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Deleting Fields From Tables 1
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beanbrain
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- Dec 31, 2001
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The way I would do it would be to copy the table and then use Tools -> Utilities -> Restructure to open the table structure.
Then move to the field you want to remove and hit [Ctrl]-[Delete]. You should be prompted with "Do you really want to delete the field fieldname. Clicking OK will save the table and remove the field.
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Then move to the field you want to remove and hit [Ctrl]-[Delete]. You should be prompted with "Do you really want to delete the field fieldname. Clicking OK will save the table and remove the field.
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