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Table without PK - do I need one for View?
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From
25/10/2001 12:04:37
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
 
 
To
25/10/2001 11:59:16
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00573010
Message ID:
00573245
Views:
37
>>Nadya,
>>Read my reply to Hilmar. I'm not talking about filters but set key to or relation.
>>PS: I never (almost never) use filters.
>>Cetin
>
>Çetin (is this spelled correctly?),
>
>The framework I use, Visual Extend, automatically uses filters in two cases:
>
>
  • Parent-child forms, as mentioned in my previous posting, to show all "children" for one "parent". However, they recommend using views, for efficiency reasons. I agree in principle, but I only start using views if the underlying table has more than 20,000 records.
    >
    >
  • There is a standard dialog that lets the user filter records in the form. Fields (or, rather, expressions) from the Grid Columns are automatically made available to the user, as expressions for the filter.
    >
    >Hilmar.
    Yes spelling is exact (pronounced Chat in):)
    OK views make sense for single tables in cases when I cannot find a simple set key version:)
    Cetin
    Çetin Basöz

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