How to: View & Edit Data in a Table
09/10/2025 You can view, edit, and delete data in an existing table by using a visual Data Editor. 1. Right-click the table in SQL Server Object Explorer , and select . 2. The Data Editor launc
You can view, edit, and delete data in an existing table by using a visual Data Editor.
- Right-click the
table in
Object Explorer
, and select.
-
The Data Editor launches. Notice the rows we added to the table in previous procedures.
-
Right-click the
table in SQL Server Object Explorer, and select.
- In the Data Editor, type
for
and
for
, then either press ENTER or TAB
to shift focus away from the new row to commit it to the database.
- Repeat the previous step to enter
,
, and
,
to the table.
As you’re editing a row, you can always revert the changes to a cell by pressing ESC.
- You can view your edits as a script by selecting the
button on the toolbar.
Alternatively, you can use the
button to save them in a
script file to be
executed later.
- Right-click the
database in
Object Explorer
, and select. In
the editor, type
and press the
button
to return the data represented by the
view.
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Warning
The following procedure uses entities created in previous procedures in the
SQL database
sections.
Products
Fruits
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