
• Double-click the name of the table. In our case, do this for both Vacations
and Fuel.
• Or, click the name of the table and then click Add for each table.
3) Click Close to close the Add Tables dialog when you have added the tables you
want.
4) You can define the relationship between the Vacations and Fuel tables in two
ways:
• Click and drag the Date field in the Fuel table to the Date field in the
Vacations table. When you release the mouse button, a connecting line
forms between the two date fields (Figure 183).
Figure 183: Designation for a 1:n relationship
• Or, click the New Relation icon. This opens the Relations window
(Figure 184). Our two tables are listed in the Tables involved section.
– In the Fields involved section, click the dropdown list under the Fuel
label.
– Select Date from the Fuel table list.
– Click in the cell to the right of this dropdown list. This opens a
dropdown list for the Vacations table.
– Select Date from the Vacations table list. It should now look like
Figure 184.
– Click OK.
Figure 184: Selected fields in a relationship
5) Modifying the Update options and Delete options section of the Relation
window.
a) Right-click the line connecting the Date fields in the two table lists to open
a menu.
b) Select Edit to open the Relations dialog (Figure 185).
c) Select Update cascade.
d) Select Delete cascade.
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