Object Pointer Info

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 3/7/03 8:59 PM, Steve Kump at lists at jskump.com wrote:

> Hi Ruslan,
> 
> I read the document and found the paragraph you were talking about.
> 
> So, if I have 2 tables, Dealer and Listings, I create the ObjectPtr in the
> Listings table to point to RecID of the Dealer record I want to relate it
> to. This makes sense...when I add a new Listings records, I first get the
> related Dealer record RecID, and add it to the ObjectPtr field in the
> Listing record.
> 
> But here is my situation:
> 
> I want to import several hundred records from a text file into the Listings
> table. How do I create the relationship for these records now? Do I have to
> update each one of them with the RecID for the dealer?

You need 

1) have DealerID field in both table on start

2) import records 

3) now please read how to use SQL command "CONVERT RDB LINK"
In the same ValentinaSQL.pdf document

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Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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