>>Hello Gurus!!
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>>Today's question...................
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>>I have a form with a GRID on it. This grid is displaying data from 3 tables (Rx, Drug and Doctor) that are linked together this way.....
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>>Rx -> Drug through Rx.drug_id = Drug.drug_id
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>>and
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>>Rx -> Doctor through Rx.doctor_id = Doctor.doctor_id
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>>simple enough, yes?
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>>We have a button on the screen for CHANGE GRID ORDER. If pressed, the order of the grid changes.... based on the index chosen when you click the button.
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>>Presently there are only 2 indexes to switch among....
>>1) Date order
>>2) Descendig Rx number order.
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>>These indices are based on fields that are exclusively in the Rx table, which is the SELECTED table of the grid (the other 2 are linked and some fields displayed).
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>>NOW... we would like to be able to add a 3rd choice to the ordering displayed (and add a 3rd index to choose from). Here is the rub.....
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>>The 3rd index is on DRUG name... which is in the linked table DRUG. I can't create an index based on 2 tables to get at the Drug name..... so what options are available?
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>>Remove the 3 tables from the grid, and replace with a CURSOR of the 3 tables, so as to get at the field DRUG_NAME in DRUG? Or what?
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>>Thanks in advance!!!
>>Tommy
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>Tommy,
>A little confused but I think you mean they're related tables or simply used (linkmaster,childorder.. properties) in grid. That limits you on ordering of child tables.
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You are correct.

>Instead you could make your recordsource an SQL (it's readonly, right?) and index your columns as you wish.
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Well, it turns out there is a lot of dynamic things being done to the Rx table from this grid... (like Voiding the Rx, Refilling the Rx, etc.). So it would have to be a Writable Cursor, or a cursorAdapter.... yike!!!)

Thanks for the help!

>PS: Check FoxyClasses samples application.
>Cetin

I will.