Updated on 2023-12-13 GMT+08:00

Opening a Table

If a table has primary keys, you can add, delete, modify, or query table data as you do in Excel.

Precautions

Tables in system databases cannot be modified.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner, and under Databases, click Data Admin Service.
  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Development Tool.

    You can also click Go to Development Tool on the overview page.

  5. Locate the DB instance that you want to log in to and click Log In in the Operation column.
  6. On the top menu bar, choose Database Management.
  7. On the displayed Objects tab, choose Tables on the left. In the table list, locate the table you want to open and click Open in the Operation column.

    Figure 1 Opening a table

  8. On the displayed page, view table details.

    Figure 2 Editing table data

    You can also perform the operations listed in Table 1.

    Table 1 UI operations

    Name

    Description

    Where Condition

    Filters records.

    Quickly Generate Test Data

    Quickly generates test data for table structure testing and allows you to set rules.

    Copy Row

    Copies data of the selected row. Specifically, double-click the target row and then click Copy Row.

    Copy Column

    Allows you to copy all data in a column by selecting this column from the Copy Column drop-down list.

    Column Settings

    Allows you to set the columns you want to display.

    Convert binary to hexadecimal

    Prevents binary data in columns from being displayed as garbled characters. If there is binary data in columns, you must select this option.

    Refresh

    Allows you to update table data manually.

    Row Details

    Shows details of a specified row.

    Add Row

    Allows you to add rows.

    Submit

    Allows you to submit and save the changes to data.

    Delete Row

    Allows you to delete the selected rows.

    Export

    Exports a maximum of 10,000 data records to a CSV or SQL file.