Once again, thank you, Jeffrey.  Your are kind and generous.

I realize that the dbo prefix exists for the table names in Object Explorer. I thought it was an SSMS convention...

• This reply was modified 7 months ago by Ahr Aitch.

Thank you, Jeffrey.

I can see the value in that sort of fail-safe for populated objects, but it just seemed that an empty data set should be open to modifications through...

• This reply was modified 7 months ago by Ahr Aitch.

Thank you, Jeffrey.

I was able to get the display back by choosing Databases, right clicking and choosing Refresh.

Just proves what a complete noob I am, eh?

Thank you, All, for the warm welcome.  I will try not to wear it out.

My venture into SQL began with Xampp with MySQL and phpMyAdmin.  The ui was so difficult...