Creating an Empty Storage

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Creating an Empty Storage

A Storage object can be created without configuring its Fields. To do so, provide its DBServer and TableName properties during creation. This configuration allows creating a query-only Storage, which is very useful when accessing data generated by external applications. Some restrictions apply in this situation:

Although a Storage is activated as usual, it does not generate tables nor changes its indexes

The Create Table option on Properties Window, the Create DB Structure option of its contextual menu, and the Create DB Structure option on Storage's toolbar returns an error message, indicating that a database structure cannot be created because there are no Fields defined

An empty Storage is listed on a Query's Server Name combo box as usual

There is no need for Storage licenses when querying external data, only for writing data

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