The foundation of any database application is the tables that store the data. A database is a collection of one or more tables that store your data. Although dBASE can access data from many kinds of databases, in this class we will use dBASE tables -- the ones with a "dbf" extension.

Readings

The Developer's Guide which accompanies dBASE Plus contains two very useful chapters related to tables that you should to read. You will find the Developer's Guide on the dBASE Plus Help menu.

Developer's Guide: "Creating Tables"
Developer's Guide: "Working with Tables"

Tutorial Project

Phase II: Create The Database

This Phase of the Tutorial will guide you through the creation of the tables and indexes used in the dBASE Tutorial database. You will build the tables from scratch, then, at the end of the Phase, populate them with data from temporary tables.

Hands-on Project

The Database used for the Hands-on Project

The Hands-on Project uses a database called PETS. You will not need to create these tables from scratch. But you will need to configure dBASE so that it can use the database in the Hands-on Project. The Tables are provided with the course materials. This section of the Hands-on Project will use dQuery to explore some the characteristics of our data.