# Select table(s) to load

**URL:** <https://forum.radsystems.io/t/select-table-s-to-load/2884>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.radsystems.io/t/select-table-s-to-load/2884 "2025-07-23T12:22:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![dsat](https://forum.radsystems.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dsat](https://forum.radsystems.io/u/dsat)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.radsystems.io/t/select-table-s-to-load/2884/1 "2025-07-23T12:22:29Z")

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i’m currently evaluating version 9.0.3 to access sql server database  
with new project, after choosing database/schema, i believe RadSystems will load ALL tables in the database.  
since our database has so many tables but i only planned to use RS to read only a few of them, can we somehow connecting without loading ANY table ?  
instead i will choose later (manually) which table(s) to load.

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**Author:** ![willvin](https://forum.radsystems.io/user_avatar/forum.radsystems.io/willvin/32/7_2.png) [@willvin](https://forum.radsystems.io/u/willvin)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.radsystems.io/t/select-table-s-to-load/2884/2 "2025-07-24T00:30:26Z")

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You can connect, and Radsystems will read all tables. Then, from the list of tables, you can uncheck the ones you don’t want to include in the project before clicking the **Radsystems Studio** publish button.

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**Author:** ![dsat](https://forum.radsystems.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dsat](https://forum.radsystems.io/u/dsat)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.radsystems.io/t/select-table-s-to-load/2884/3 "2025-07-24T02:03:18Z")

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Hi

The reason why I asked is the following error :

 ![image](https://forum.radsystems.io/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f39ba3ffae9ed19e0f37381fe26ca5721832a6e0.png)

I believe the cause is the existance of these views that I want to skip :

 ![image](https://forum.radsystems.io/uploads/default/original/2X/4/43affce2312479e3a7d37d030ac83ec3a0050d4f.png)

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**Author:** ![willvin](https://forum.radsystems.io/user_avatar/forum.radsystems.io/willvin/32/7_2.png) [@willvin](https://forum.radsystems.io/u/willvin)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.radsystems.io/t/select-table-s-to-load/2884/4 "2025-07-24T13:01:56Z")

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An alternative approach would be to create a copy of the database without the “views” and use it for the project. When you are ready to upload your project, you can change the database name and details used in the project.

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**Author:** ![dsat](https://forum.radsystems.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dsat](https://forum.radsystems.io/u/dsat)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.radsystems.io/t/select-table-s-to-load/2884/5 "2025-07-25T02:14:08Z")

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they’re system views thus i can’t copy database without them or delete them after copy.