Creating a Table at Designtime
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There are different ways to create a database table. You can use the features built-in in the Delphi/Kylix IDE, you can use the visual TurboDB Viewer or you can use the text-based TurboDB Workbench utility.

To create a database table using the built-in IDE features you have to:
1.Drop a TTdbTable component onto a form or data module  
2.Right-click on it and select the Create Table command  
3.Edit the table columns and build the table.  

To create a database table using the visual TurboDB Viewer application:
1.Open the TurboDB Viewer from your Delphi/Kylix tools menu or the start menu.  
2.Select the DataSet/New/Table... command  
3.Edit the table columns and build the table.  

To create a database table using the text-based TurboDB Workbench utility:
1.Open the TurboDB Workbench utility from your Delphi/Kylix tools menu or the start menu.  
2.Enter the command to create the new table (newtable).