[DUG]: TDBGrid Lookup Field
Is it possible to use a column and picklist on a TDBGrid.Column to look up values from a table? Suppose I have a table with rows that look like this Cat 1 Fish 2 Dog 3 Pig 4 and I have a field in a table that has a numerical field based on the numbers shown. But when I display the field's values in the grid, I want to display the text value, and my picklist lets someone pick the text value when they are entering or changing the field, and they never actually see the number. Is it possible? How do I implement it? Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ http://patrick.dunford.com/ --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
RE: [DUG]: TDBGrid Lookup Field
Patrick, The answer is YES, you can. In your second table, go to the field editor and add a lookup field. Specify the key field as the field that holds the numerical values. Specify the first table as the dataset. Specify the number field of the first table as the key to lookup and lastly, specify the data field (cat, fish, etc) ad the field to lookup. Now, if you display the new field in the DBgrid, it will automatically display a dropdown combobox when in edit mode. Hope this helps. Dennis. Is it possible to use a column and picklist on a TDBGrid.Column to look up values from a table? Suppose I have a table with rows that look like this Cat 1 Fish 2 Dog 3 Pig 4 and I have a field in a table that has a numerical field based on the numbers shown. But when I display the field's values in the grid, I want to display the text value, and my picklist lets someone pick the text value when they are entering or changing the field, and they never actually see the number. Is it possible? How do I implement it? --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
Re: [DUG]: TDBGrid Lookup Field
Two options I can think of 1/ Get Infopower from Woll2Woll 2/ Better still normalise your db so the link is to anothe table rgds - Original Message - From: Patrick Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 8 September 1999 07:11 Subject: [DUG]: TDBGrid Lookup Field Is it possible to use a column and picklist on a TDBGrid.Column to look up values from a table? Suppose I have a table with rows that look like this Cat 1 Fish 2 Dog 3 Pig 4 and I have a field in a table that has a numerical field based on the numbers shown. But when I display the field's values in the grid, I want to display the text value, and my picklist lets someone pick the text value when they are entering or changing the field, and they never actually see the number. Is it possible? How do I implement it? Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ http://patrick.dunford.com/ -- - New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
