>I have the following code which creates a table in a database and creates a primary key. I am also trying to create a foreign key which is made up of multiple fields to be used later in the program to do a SEEK. The program runs through the code, creates the table and primary key OK but does not seem to create the Foreign key. What am I doing wrong?
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>>Set tblDef = db2.CreateTableDef("RankFacts")
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>>Set fldDef = tblDef.CreateField("RecId", dbLong)
>> fldDef.Attributes = dbAutoIncrField
>> tblDef.Fields.Append fldDef
>>Set fldDef = tblDef.CreateField("PharmID", dbText, 15)
>> tblDef.Fields.Append fldDef
>>Set fldDef = tblDef.CreateField("AuditFact", dbText, 45)
>> tblDef.Fields.Append fldDef
>>Set fldDef = tblDef.CreateField("Rank", dbLong)
>> tblDef.Fields.Append fldDef
>>Set fldDef = tblDef.CreateField("Mark", dbText)
>> tblDef.Fields.Append fldDef
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>> 'create indexes on the ID field.
>> Set idx = tblDef.CreateIndex("Rec ID")
>> Set fldDef = idx.CreateField("RecID")
>> idx.Primary = True
>> idx.Fields.Append fldDef
>> 'add the the Players table
>> tblDef.Indexes.Append idx
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>> Dim fldDef2 As Field
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>>'Foreign key
>> Set idx = tblDef.CreateIndex("PharmIDFact")
>> Set fldDef = idx.CreateField("PharmID")
>> Set fldDef2 = idx.CreateField("AuditFact")
>> idx.Fields.Append fldDef
>> idx.Fields.Append fldDef2
>> tblDef.Indexes.Append idx
>> tblDef.Indexes.Refresh
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>> 'add the finished table to the database
>> db2.TableDefs.Append tblDef

Becky,

You can not setup Foreign Key in this way. A Foreign Key is part of a relationship between two tables. When a relationship is setup between two tables, two indexes are created, one index on Table1 and one index on Table2 whick is call a Foreign Key. This does assume that you are using an Access Database.

I hope this helps.