In Visual FoxPro, you can design, create, and manage databases so you can associate, organize, and work with tables and views as a group. Before you begin creating and working with databases, it is important to understand the design considerations regarding database creation.

In This Section

Databases in Visual FoxPro: Introduces databases in Visual FoxPro and provides information about their aspects.

Designing Databases: Describes design considerations for creating well-planned databases.

Creating Databases: Describes creating databases and working with tables associated with databases.

Managing Databases: Describes various tasks for managing databases.

Reference

Database Wizard: Makes it possible for you to create databases using a wizard.

Database Designer (Visual FoxPro): Makes it possible for you to create databases starting with an empty database container or modify existing databases.

Project Manager: Makes it possible for you to organize files in an application project.

Related Sections

Working with Data: Provides an overview and information about using data in your applications, for example, analyzing data requirements and designing your application components to meet those requirements.

Importing and Exporting Data: Explains how information is copied between Visual FoxPro and other applications by importing to and exporting from Visual FoxPro.

Developing Visual FoxPro Applications: Explains concepts about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other tasks needed to create Visual FoxPro applications.