>>>Well, tell me which framework you use, so that I can avoid it since it cannot work with a unioned sql-select.
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>>This is not what I meant.
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>>IAC, we'll contact the client. As this particular record need to have a fix value for a pre-defined field, that value should then be read only at edit time.
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>Maybe you should keep this record in the separate table? just an idea :)

If we keep it in a separate table, that would imply to change several designs in the application. I still think this is a bad design for what they need but the client is always right. :)