LightSwitch: On New Row, Pull in Parent Info
I have a database with two tables in it: People and Logs.
I have created a Details page that displays Person information and additionally includes the associated logs records. All of this has just been done by adding a standard details page - not custom coding, etc.
When a user clicks on the green + to add a row to the Logs for that person I want to autopopulate a few of the columns. To do this I've opened the Log class and added the following:
Private Sub Log_Created()
Me.Create_Date = Date.Now
End Sub
This works great. But I also want to pull in the card number associated with the person. In the end my code should look something like (pseudo):
Private Sub Log_Created()
Me.Create_Date = Date.Now
M开发者_如何学Ce.CardNumber = SelectedPerson.CardNumber
End Sub
However, I'm not sure exactly how to accomplish this in code?
To avoid denormalized data (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization), I'd avoid setting up your data model like this. I'd take the approach of
Person (Class)
- Name
- Address
- ...
- Cards (Collection of Card)
Card (Class)
- CardNumber
- Person
- Logs (Collection of Log)
Log (Class)
- CreateDate
- Card
This would allow for multiple cards per person. If you really want to do what you're trying to do, you're on the right track. Make sure that you have a relationship between Person and Log (one person to many logs), and your code would be
Private Sub Log_Created()
Me.Create_Date = Date.Now
Me.CardNumber = Person.CardNumber
End Sub
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