Table-Valued Object (Column) Properties
These properties appear when you select a column in a table-valued object in the Diagram pane of Query and View Designer.
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The properties in this topic are ordered by category rather than alphabet.
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Identity Category
Expands to show the Name property.Name
Shows the name of the selected column.Query DesignerCategory
Expands to show properties for Allow Nulls, Collation, Datatype, Length, Precision, Scale, and Size.Allow Nulls
Shows whether or not the column's data type allows null values.Collation
Shows the collation setting for the selected column. The collation can be set in the Column Properties tab of Table Designer.Data Type
Shows the data type of the selected column.Length
Shows the number of characters or digits allowed by the selected column's data type. This property is only available for character-based data types.Note
For the size in bytes, see the Size property below.
Precision
Shows the maximum number of digits allowed for numeric data types. This property shows 0 for nonnumeric data types.Scale
Shows the maximum number of digits that can appear to the right of the decimal point for numeric data types. This value must be less than or equal to the precision. This property shows 0 for nonnumeric data types.Size
Shows the size in bytes allowed by the column's data type. For example, a nchar data type may have a length of 10 (the number of characters) but it would have a size of 20 to account for Unicode character sets.