You meant create on view that joins all five tables right?

>Create one view that joins both tables and includes the needed fields from both tables. You could parameterize the view by adding a filter on Order Number [for example]. The filter would be something like WHERE OrderNum = ?nOrderNum
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>WHen you open the view, you either add the NODATA clause or already have the variable [parameter] defined -- nOrderNum = 1234
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>Then , when the OrderNum changes all you do is:
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>nOrderNum = 1235
>requery('MyView')
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>>I need to use a view with a lot of tables. For various reason but mostly
>>because relations are needed to be displayed in a grid, which at least in
>>vfp5 doesn't work well. I'll simplify for my example.
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>>parent child
>>---------------------
>>Order orderdet
>>orderdet prodcode
>>orderdet prodname
>>orderdet prodtype
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>>Here's what I have done...
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>>View1 -> order
>>view2 -> orderdet, prodcode, prodname, prodtype
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>>Then view1 relates to view2.
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>>But I'm wondering if the view should be...
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>>view1 -> order, orderdet, prodcode, prodname, prodtype
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>>...and do away with the relation.
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>>I will be appending records to the view and updating the tables.
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>>Which is the better way to do it?