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"feeder" table relationships
I understand that I need to build table relationships based on IDs, not on
text values that may change over the life of the database. I have read in this discussion group the perils of value lists in a table. Here's my situation: One foundation table named TBL_Project has eight fields in it that are FKs (number), linked to small "reference" or "feeder" tables, and the only things these individual tables have in them are PKs (autonumber) and their descriptions (text). When we data enter, we need to see the descriptions on the forms and on the reports. All eight fields will be data entered on one form. In addition, I presently have a one-to-many relationship but have played around with not enforcing referential integrity in order to populate other fields in TBL_Project. Prior to taking off the ref integrity, I checked to see if the field was required or not. So, my queries a How do I see the values, not the IDs? And Is it okay to not enforce ref integrity in order to populate the rest of the data in the foundation table? It would help if you took me through it slowly if it involves any code, I'm not quite there yet. Thanks. Irena |
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