I have two tables in a parent-child relationship. Details on the tables are
as shown below:
Table1
-------
Item_ID (primary key)
Item_Owner (foreign key to Table2)
Table2
-------
Owner_ID (primary key)
Owner_Name
I wish to display, on a form designed for maintenance of the data in Table1,
a combobox which displays owner names (Table2.Owner_N ame), but returns as
its bound ValueMember the item owner's ID (Table1.Item_Ow ner). Can I do
it?
Thanks!
--
Greg Dunn
5  1593 
Hi Greg,
AFAIK you can't. Binding is against flat table.
However, I am bit confused.
You want to show parent record name and return the child id?
Didn't you mean to display Owner_Name and return Owner_Id (as it is equeal
to Item_Owner)?
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
"Greg Dunn" <My*****@gregdu nn.com> wrote in message
news:SjmEb.4240 31$ao4.1359279@ attbi_s51... I have two tables in a parent-child relationship. Details on the tables
are as shown below:
Table1
-------
Item_ID (primary key)
Item_Owner (foreign key to Table2)
Table2
-------
Owner_ID (primary key)
Owner_Name
I wish to display, on a form designed for maintenance of the data in
Table1, a combobox which displays owner names (Table2.Owner_N ame), but returns as
its bound ValueMember the item owner's ID (Table1.Item_Ow ner). Can I do
it?
Thanks!
--
Greg Dunn
> Didn't you mean to display Owner_Name and return Owner_Id (as it is equeal to Item_Owner)?
Since, as you note, the Owner_ID will equal the Item_Owner, it really
doesn't matter which of them is returned. But Table1.Item_Own er is the
column to which I would like the control to be bound.
AFAIK you can't. Binding is against flat table.
I haven't found a way to do it, either. It seems like a nasty limitation,
though, since it forces me a choice among several things, none of which I
want to choose:
1. Foregoing the benefits of data binding in the form, or
2. Not using abstract primary keys, or
3. Denormalizing the database.
--
Greg Dunn
"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:eo******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl... Hi Greg,
AFAIK you can't. Binding is against flat table.
However, I am bit confused.
You want to show parent record name and return the child id?
Didn't you mean to display Owner_Name and return Owner_Id (as it is equeal
to Item_Owner)?
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
"Greg Dunn" <My*****@gregdu nn.com> wrote in message
news:SjmEb.4240 31$ao4.1359279@ attbi_s51... I have two tables in a parent-child relationship. Details on the tables
are as shown below:
Table1
-------
Item_ID (primary key)
Item_Owner (foreign key to Table2)
Table2
-------
Owner_ID (primary key)
Owner_Name
I wish to display, on a form designed for maintenance of the data in
Table1, a combobox which displays owner names (Table2.Owner_N ame), but returns
as its bound ValueMember the item owner's ID (Table1.Item_Ow ner). Can I
do it?
Thanks!
--
Greg Dunn
Hi Greg,
Ah sorry, you are after a lookup, right.
Set ComboBox' ValueMamber and DisplayMember to a column from Table2 and
DataSource to Table2
Go to DataBindings and bind Selected Value to Table1.Item_Own er.
That should enable combobox to act like lookup.
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
"Greg Dunn" <My*****@gregdu nn.com> wrote in message
news:cbnEb.4243 04$ao4.1359496@ attbi_s51... Didn't you mean to display Owner_Name and return Owner_Id (as it is
equeal to Item_Owner)?
Since, as you note, the Owner_ID will equal the Item_Owner, it really
doesn't matter which of them is returned. But Table1.Item_Own er is the
column to which I would like the control to be bound.
AFAIK you can't. Binding is against flat table.
I haven't found a way to do it, either. It seems like a nasty limitation,
though, since it forces me a choice among several things, none of which I
want to choose:
1. Foregoing the benefits of data binding in the form, or
2. Not using abstract primary keys, or
3. Denormalizing the database.
--
Greg Dunn
"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:eo******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl... Hi Greg,
AFAIK you can't. Binding is against flat table.
However, I am bit confused.
You want to show parent record name and return the child id?
Didn't you mean to display Owner_Name and return Owner_Id (as it is
equeal to Item_Owner)?
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
"Greg Dunn" <My*****@gregdu nn.com> wrote in message
news:SjmEb.4240 31$ao4.1359279@ attbi_s51... I have two tables in a parent-child relationship. Details on the
tables are as shown below:
Table1
-------
Item_ID (primary key)
Item_Owner (foreign key to Table2)
Table2
-------
Owner_ID (primary key)
Owner_Name
I wish to display, on a form designed for maintenance of the data in
Table1, a combobox which displays owner names (Table2.Owner_N ame), but returns
as its bound ValueMember the item owner's ID (Table1.Item_Ow ner). Can I do it?
Thanks!
--
Greg Dunn
Greg,
You want to fill your Owner table with all the valid vlaues it would be
(complete table scan?) just use a Data Adapter to fill it or whatever you
want.
Then, on your bindings, you want to bind your combo boxes SelectedValue to
your Table1.Item_Own er Property.
This should take care of it.
and on yoru combo box, set your display member to Owner_name and your
valuemember to OwnerID. Thats all it takes.
peace,
cJ
"Greg Dunn" <My*****@gregdu nn.com> wrote in message
news:SjmEb.4240 31$ao4.1359279@ attbi_s51... I have two tables in a parent-child relationship. Details on the tables
are as shown below:
Table1
-------
Item_ID (primary key)
Item_Owner (foreign key to Table2)
Table2
-------
Owner_ID (primary key)
Owner_Name
I wish to display, on a form designed for maintenance of the data in
Table1, a combobox which displays owner names (Table2.Owner_N ame), but returns as
its bound ValueMember the item owner's ID (Table1.Item_Ow ner). Can I do
it?
Thanks!
--
Greg Dunn
Ah...very easy. Many thanks!
--
Greg Dunn
"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. .. Hi Greg,
Ah sorry, you are after a lookup, right.
Set ComboBox' ValueMamber and DisplayMember to a column from Table2 and
DataSource to Table2
Go to DataBindings and bind Selected Value to Table1.Item_Own er.
That should enable combobox to act like lookup.
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
"Greg Dunn" <My*****@gregdu nn.com> wrote in message
news:cbnEb.4243 04$ao4.1359496@ attbi_s51... Didn't you mean to display Owner_Name and return Owner_Id (as it is equeal to Item_Owner)?
Since, as you note, the Owner_ID will equal the Item_Owner, it really
doesn't matter which of them is returned. But Table1.Item_Own er is the
column to which I would like the control to be bound.
AFAIK you can't. Binding is against flat table.
I haven't found a way to do it, either. It seems like a nasty
limitation, though, since it forces me a choice among several things, none of which
I want to choose:
1. Foregoing the benefits of data binding in the form, or
2. Not using abstract primary keys, or
3. Denormalizing the database.
--
Greg Dunn
"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:eo******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl... Hi Greg,
AFAIK you can't. Binding is against flat table.
However, I am bit confused.
You want to show parent record name and return the child id?
Didn't you mean to display Owner_Name and return Owner_Id (as it is equeal to Item_Owner)?
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
"Greg Dunn" <My*****@gregdu nn.com> wrote in message
news:SjmEb.4240 31$ao4.1359279@ attbi_s51...
> I have two tables in a parent-child relationship. Details on the tables are
> as shown below:
>
> Table1
> -------
> Item_ID (primary key)
> Item_Owner (foreign key to Table2)
>
> Table2
> -------
> Owner_ID (primary key)
> Owner_Name
>
>
> I wish to display, on a form designed for maintenance of the data in
Table1,
> a combobox which displays owner names (Table2.Owner_N ame), but
returns as > its bound ValueMember the item owner's ID (Table1.Item_Ow ner). Can
I do > it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Greg Dunn
>
>
>
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