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# Perform Basic Operations with Queries (Visual Database Tools)
  The following fundamental operations apply to most or all queries.  
  
## In This Section  
 [Create Queries (Visual Database Tools)](visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for creating new queries.  
  
 [Open Queries (Visual Database Tools)](open-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for opening existing queries.  
  
 [Run Queries (Visual Database Tools)](run-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for running (or executing) queries.  
  
 [Stop a Query (Visual Database Tools)](stop-a-query-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for halting a query while it's running.  
  
 [Save Queries (Visual Database Tools)](save-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for saving new or revised queries to a database project.  
  
 [Verify Queries (Visual Database Tools)](verify-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for verifying the SQL syntax of a query.  
  
 [Modify Queries (Visual Database Tools)](modify-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for opening an existing query for modification.  
  
 [Delete Queries (Visual Database Tools)](delete-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for deleting queries from projects.  
  
 [Copy Queries (Visual Database Tools)](copy-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for copying the SQL code form one query and pasting it into another.  
  
 [Rename Queries (Visual Database Tools)](rename-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for renaming existing queries  
  
 [Discard Changes Made to Queries (Visual Database Tools)](discard-changes-made-to-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for reverting a query to its last changed state.  
  
 [Add Tables to Queries (Visual Database Tools)](add-tables-to-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for adding tables and other table-valued objects, such as table-valued functions and views, to queries.  
  
 [Remove Tables from Queries (Visual Database Tools)](remove-tables-from-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for removing tables and other table-valued objects from the structure of a query.  
  
 [Add Columns to Queries (Visual Database Tools)](add-columns-to-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for adding columns to queries.  
  
 [Remove Columns from Queries (Visual Database Tools)](remove-columns-from-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for removing columns from the structure of a query.  
  
 [Create Column Aliases (Visual Database Tools)](create-column-aliases-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for creating aliases for columns included in a query.  
  
 [Create Table Aliases (Visual Database Tools)](create-table-aliases-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for creating aliases for tables included in a query.  
  
 [Show Query Properties (Visual Database Tools)](query-properties-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for showing properties such as SQL comments, parameter lists, and Top specification.  
  
 [Create Queries using Something Besides a Table (Visual Database Tools)](create-queries-using-something-besides-a-table-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for creating queries that use table-valued objects, such as table-valued functions and views.  
  
 [Show Column Names in the Diagram Pane (Visual Database Tools)](diagram-pane-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Provides steps for customizing how tables and table-valued objects look in the Diagram pane.  
  
 [Use the Query and View Designer with International Data (Visual Database Tools)](use-the-query-and-view-designer-with-international-data-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Describes the features the Query and View Designer provide to make working with international data easier.  
  
## Reference  
 [Query and View Designer Tools (Visual Database Tools)](query-and-view-designer-tools-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Describes the features and capabilities of the Query and View Designer.  
  
 [Query Properties (Visual Database Tools)](query-properties-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Describes the properties available for queries.  
  
## Related Sections  
 [Types of Queries (Visual Database Tools)](types-of-queries-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Lists topics concerning queries you can work with in Query and View Designer.  
  
 [Specify Search Criteria (Visual Database Tools)](specify-search-criteria-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Lists topics about how to create queries that return the results set you want.  
  
 [Sort and Group Query Results (Visual Database Tools)](sort-and-group-query-results-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Lists topics about how to create queries that return the results set in the organization you want.  
  
 [Summarize Query Results (Visual Database Tools)](summarize-query-results-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Lists topics about how to create queries that summarize results of the involved tables and table-valued objects.  
  
 [Design Queries and Views How-to Topics (Visual Database Tools)](design-queries-and-views-how-to-topics-visual-database-tools.md)  
 Lists overview topics that provide more detailed links.