Database Server

Reference documentation for individual Database Server nodes

Overview

There will be one Database Server node in the Solution Explorer for each connection that you have configured

Commands Summary

The following commands are available for any Database Server nodes. They can be accessed by right-clicking the context menu.

Commands Details

Open Server

Opens the DB Server connection in the Database Connection Editor.

Create Table

Creates a new table in the target database and opens the Table Editor.

Duplicate Server

Creates a new DB Server connection with identical connection properties and opens it in the Database Connection Editor

Enable/Disable Server

Toggles the enabled property of DB Server.

Synchronize with DB Server Information

Use this command to synchronize between the database schema and the Database Information (.dbi) files in your project. This command will open the database synchronization wizard, where you can resolve differences between the schema and your .dbi files.

Update Metadata

Opens a wizard to synchronize the metadata tables content (which have special structure and are marked as such from table editor) and metadata tables workspace content.

Reload Tables/Structure from DB

Reloads tables from database. Should be used when tables are modified outside Servoy, in order to refresh them.

Load Relations

Opens a wizard for creating relations based on foreign key constraints from the database. Useful when having an existing database, in order to quickly create some relations.

Flag Tenant Columns

Sets a column name to be used as tenant column for all tables in selected database.

Suggest Foreign Types

Opens a wizard which can set Foreign Type on columns based on suggestion.

Delete Database Connection

Deletes the database connection (not the database itself). The database connection is stored under servoy.properties file

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