Enter a Table Comment

Use the Comment tab in the Tables dialog to enter or edit a comment for a table.

To enter a comment for a table

  1. Click Tables on the Model menu.

    The Tables dialog opens.

  2. Click the Comment tab.

    The Comment tab opens.

  3. Complete the following items as necessary and click OK:
    Comment

    Lets you enter a comment for the table. Use the cut, copy, and paste buttons for comment text, and use the enlarge button to open a larger dialog in which to work with your comments.

    Note: If your target server supports comments, you can generate comments in the schema DDL script.

    Update Entity Definition To Match

    Specifies to have table comments in a Logical/Physical model to also appear as the definition for the corresponding entity in the logical model. If the check box is cleared, then the table comments for corresponding tables and entities in a Logical/Physical model will contain different text.

    Comments are saved and the Tables dialog closes.