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Chapter 4 | Working with related tables and files 111
Or, you can select the relationship in the graph and click to open the Edit Relationship
dialog box.
4. Edit tables and match fields for the relationship.
5. Select options for the relationship.
6. Click OK.
For more information about creating and editing relationships, see Help.
To Do this
Change a match field Select the new match field and click Change.
Add a match field Select the new match field and click Add.
Change the relational
operator
Select a new relational operator from the list and click Change.
See “Relationships using comparative operators” on page 107.
Duplicate a pair of
relationship criteria
Select the paired criteria from the list in the middle part of the dialog box and click
Duplicate.
Delete a pair of relationship
criteria
Select the paired criteria from the list in the middle part of the dialog box and click
Delete.
To Select
Add a related record (to the related table)
whenever you enter data into a related field
in a record of the current table. (See
“Adding and duplicating records” on
page 24.)
Allow creation of related records in this table via this
relationship.
When this option is selected, entering data in a related field that has
no corresponding related record creates a related record based on
the match field in the current table.
Delete matching records (in the related
table) whenever you delete a matching
record in the current table. (See
“Deleting
records” on page 26.)
Delete related records in this table when a record is deleted in
the other table.
This option deletes related records even when you’re browsing a
layout that doesn’t display the related records.
Sort related records. Sort records. Then, in the left list in the Sort Records dialog box,
double-click the fields to sort. To change the order in which fields are
sorted, drag fields in the right list into the order you want. Select
other options, then click OK.
Selecting this option does not affect the sort order in the related file.
Select options for the
tables in the relationship
Select the relational
operator