Table

A table is a set of rows. Each row in a table has the same number of columns and contains a value for each column.

Table Types
Table type	Description
Base table	System tables and all tables containing application data are base tables. Base tables are saved permanently.
Results table	The database system creates unnamed result tables when a SELECT statement is executed and then deletes them at the end of the session. The database system creates named result tables when a DECLARE CURSOR statement is executed.
Join table	A join table is a special results table that the database system creates when two or more tables are linked.
System Table	A system table is a base table that contains system information (information about the database objects, states, statistics, monitor data; Loader system tables).
Temporary table	A temporary table is a special base table that the database system deletes at the end of the session. Temporary tables belong to the TEMP schema.
View Table	A view table is derived from a base table and its definition is saved permanently. View tables themselves contain no data, they only provide a view of the data.

The database system automatically increases and decreases the size of tables without the administrator having to take any action. The database system uses database-internal striping to distribute the data in a table evenly across all the data volumes. You can neither influence how the data is distributed across the data volumes nor can you find out which tables are saved in which data volumes.

Table Properties

Columns
Property	Description (Links to SQL Reference Manual)
Name	Column Name (column_name)
Data Type	Data Type (data_type)
Dim	Dimension Maximum number of characters
Code Attribute	Code attribute
Key	If you select this option, you add this column to the primary key. Key Definition (key_definition) All columns in the primary key must be `NOT NULL` columns. You cannot use any columns of the `LOB` data type in the primary key. The database ensures that no `NULL` value exists in the key column and that no two data records in the table have the same values in all key columns.
Not Null	If you select this option, the value for this column cannot be a `NULL` value. Column Attributes (column_attributes)

Constraints
Property	Description (Links to SQL Reference Manual)
Name	Constraint Name (constraint_name)
Definition	CONSTRAINT Definition (constraint_definition)

Indexes
Property	Description (Link to SQL Reference Manual)
Index name	Index Name (index_name)
In Index	Indicates whether a column belongs to the index
Sort	Sort sequence
Name	Column name
Data Type	Column data type You cannot use LOB columns in an index.
Unique	Indicates whether the values for this columns must be unique UNIQUE Definition (unique_definition)
Disabled	Indicates whether the index is deactivated
Usage Count	Indicates how often the system has used the index
Bad	Indicates whether the index is damaged

Foreign Keys
Property	Description (Link to SQL Reference Manual)
Name	Foreign key name
Referencing Columns	Referencing column Referential CONSTRAINT Definition (referential_constraint_definition)
Reference Schema	Schema to which the table with the column that is referenced belongs
Reference Table	Table to which the column that is referenced belongs
Reference Column	Column which is referenced
Rule	Rule for behavior of the table referenced if a data record is deleted in the referencing table DELETE Rule (delete_rule)

Optimizer Statistics
Property	Description
Columns and Indexes	Columns and indexes
Distinct Values	Estimated number of lines in the table
Page Count	Estimated table size (in pages) This size affects which search strategy is selected by the system. More information: SQL Optimizer, Search Strategies
Last Statistics Update	Time of the last statistics update

Table: Miscellaneous
Property	Description (Link to SQL Reference Manual)
Sample Type	Sample type that the system uses for estimating the statistics for the SQL Optimizer More information: Updating SQL Optimizer Statistics SQL Reference Manual, SAMPLE Definition (sample_definition)
Sample Data	Sample value (in data records or percent) that the system uses for estimating the statistics for the SQL Optimizer
Table Size	Information about the current table size
Clustered	Only for SAP NetWeaver BI systems with BW Feature Pack This attribute has the result that the database does not distribute pages in single blocks of 8 KB across all volumes, rather, where possible it saves the contents in larger, contiguous blocks in the data volumes. More information: SAP Note 1040431 MaxDB Wiki: https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/x/W0o
Virtual Primary Key	Only for SAP NetWeaver BI systems with BW Feature Pack For tables which have no primary key, the system forms a primary key internally and sets the `Clustered` attribute. Columns which the system uses for the primary key do not need to have the `UNIQUE` attribute.
Packed	Only for SAP NetWeaver BI systems with BW Feature Pack The system stores numerical columns that are not key columns in compressed form.

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