Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
If this menu tab does not appear, it's because we are yet
to install the phpMyAdmin configuration storage as
described in
Chapter 1
.
Over viewing the interface
The
Designer
page contains the main workspace where the tables can be seen. This
workspace will dynamically grow and shrink, depending on the position of our
tables. The following screenshot demonstrates the
Designer
interface containing our
three tables and the relations between them:
A top menu contains icons whose description is revealed by hovering the mouse over
them. The following table gives a summary of the goals for the top menu's icons:
Icon
Description
Show/Hide left menu
To display or hide the left hand menu.
Save position
Saves the current state of the workspace.
Create table
Quits the
Designer
and enters a dialog to create a
table; we should take care of saving the position of
tables before clicking on this.
Create relation
Puts the
Designer
in a relation-creating mode.
Choose column to display
Specifies which column represents a table.
Reload
Refreshes the table's information in case their structure
has changed outside of the
Designer
.
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