Table relationships and join type

[Gandalf]

I'm creating relationships between tables using VBA and ADOX. I can
create one-to-one relationships with an inner join, but I can't figure
out how to create these relationships with an outer join (specifically
a left outer join). I'm including the code that creates the
relationships with the inner join. Any help or suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

<----- CODE FOLLOWS ----->

Function CreateRelationship()

Dim catDB As ADOX.Catalog
Dim tbl As ADOX.Table
Dim key As ADOX.key

Dim strForeignTbl As String
Dim strRelName As String
Dim strFTKey As String
Dim strRelatedTbl As String
Dim strRTKey As String

strForeignTbl = "theChildTable"
strRelName = "myRelationship"
strFTKey = "foreignTableKey"
strRelatedTbl = "parentTable"
strRTKey = "parentTableKey"

Set catDB = New ADOX.Catalog
catDB.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection

Set key = New ADOX.key
With key
.Name = strRelName
.RelatedTable = strRelatedTbl
.Type = adKeyForeign
.Columns.Append strFTKey
.Columns(strFTKey).RelatedColumn = strRTKey
End With

Set tbl = New ADOX.Table
Set tbl = catDB.Tables(strForeignTbl)
tbl.Keys.Append key

Set key = Nothing
Set tbl = Nothing
Set catDB = Nothing

End Function

[Matthew Wells]

To the best of my knowledge, relationships don't use outer joins, jsut
cascading updates and deletes and enforcing referential integrigty. Outer
joins are only used in queries.

Matthew Wells
MW****@FirstByte.ent

"Gandalf" <Ga***********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I'm creating relationships between tables using VBA and ADOX. I can
create one-to-one relationships with an inner join, but I can't figure
out how to create these relationships with an outer join (specifically
a left outer join). I'm including the code that creates the
relationships with the inner join. Any help or suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

<----- CODE FOLLOWS ----->

Function CreateRelationship()

Dim catDB As ADOX.Catalog
Dim tbl As ADOX.Table
Dim key As ADOX.key

Dim strForeignTbl As String
Dim strRelName As String
Dim strFTKey As String
Dim strRelatedTbl As String
Dim strRTKey As String

strForeignTbl = "theChildTable"
strRelName = "myRelationship"
strFTKey = "foreignTableKey"
strRelatedTbl = "parentTable"
strRTKey = "parentTableKey"

Set catDB = New ADOX.Catalog
catDB.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection

Set key = New ADOX.key
With key
.Name = strRelName
.RelatedTable = strRelatedTbl
.Type = adKeyForeign
.Columns.Append strFTKey
.Columns(strFTKey).RelatedColumn = strRTKey
End With

Set tbl = New ADOX.Table
Set tbl = catDB.Tables(strForeignTbl)
tbl.Keys.Append key

Set key = Nothing
Set tbl = Nothing
Set catDB = Nothing

End Function