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Employees Table

Description

Employees' names, titles, and personal information.

Fields

Name Type Attributes Default Description
 EmployeeID int Auto Increment
  Number automatically assigned to new employee.
 LastName nvarchar(20)      
 FirstName nvarchar(10)      
 Title nvarchar(30) Nullable
  Employee's title.
 TitleOfCourtesy nvarchar(25) Nullable
  Title used in salutations.
 BirthDate datetime Nullable
   
 HireDate datetime Nullable
   
 Address nvarchar(60) Nullable
  Street or post-office box.
 City nvarchar(15) Nullable
   
 Region nvarchar(15) Nullable
  State or province.
 PostalCode nvarchar(10) Nullable
   
 Country nvarchar(15) Nullable
   
 HomePhone nvarchar(24) Nullable
  Phone number includes country code or area code.
 Extension nvarchar(4) Nullable
  Internal telephone extension number.
 Photo image Nullable
  Picture of employee.
 Notes ntext Nullable
  General information about employee's background.
 ReportsTo int Nullable
  Employee's supervisor.
 PhotoPath nvarchar(255) Nullable
   

Indexes

Name Columns Unique
 LastName LastName no
 PostalCode PostalCode no

Relationships

Master Detail
Table Columns Table Columns
Employees EmployeeID Employees ReportsTo
Employees EmployeeID EmployeeTerritories EmployeeID
Employees EmployeeID Orders EmployeeID
Employees EmployeeID Employees ReportsTo

See Also

Tables | Views | Stored Procedures