I am not sure that I understand “dropdown list of items from a table”
If you mean restricting the column content to certain values the answer is only when the data type is ENUM or SET.
SQLyog does not store information obout the databases. It queries the server. If SQLyog did store some other client might change the data in the database and the information stored by SQLyog would become obsolete.
If you mean that the column `PLACES` itself shall be replaced with another column then the Query Builder that will sh
p sonn will be able to do this.