Binary Link Many-to-Many Owner

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 5/8/06 12:38 PM, "Chuck Pelto" <cbpelto at pcisys.net> wrote:

Hi Chuck,

> In the creation of a binary link in a 1:1 or M:M situation, how does
> one declare which is the owner?

First of all: YOU SURE your task require this ?

Frankly saying I was not able find and real-life example for this case.

 
> I'm not seeing that specified in the documentation....
> 
> Parameter: Description:
> inName The name of the link.
> inLeftTable Pointer to the Left Table.
> inRightTable Pointer to the Right Table.
> inLeftPower Link type for the Left Table.
> inRightPower Link type for the Right Table.
> inOnDelete The behavior on deletion of record-owner.
> inStorageType Storage type of the link.
> inTemporary TRUE if the link is tempоrary.

> The behavior of the link on deletion of a record in the Table-Owner.
> - In the case of a 1 : M link, the ONE table is the owner table
> - In the other cases (1:1 and M:M) the developer can assign which
> table is to be the owner
> 
> ...(see page 43 of V4RB Reference 2).

right
 
> Is it assumed to be the Left Table? The Right Table? Or is there
> another parameter or call that needs to be made?

Exists "VLink.Owner as Vtable" property

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