Dear DP discussion group colleagues, In a database I implemented (as voluntary work) for a public Health Center, there is a "Name" field, and a "Mother's Name" field, both in the Client panel.
Many mothers are themselves clients of the Health Center, and have their own records. So, to help fill out the field "Mother's Name" when the record of a child is being created, I made a Data Link going from the "Mother's Name" field to the "Name" field, which is in the same panel. Ralph Alvy calls this a Recursive Link, but his book concentrates on special uses of the recursive link, whereas all I want is a pick list to help fill out the "Mother's Name" field. Apparently it works, but I wonder whether there are any potential problems, or special precautions to be taken. Thanks, Marcos Florence ---------------------------------------- Marcos Favero Florence de Barros Campinas, Brazil [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
