I can get this work with IBO 4.2Fn but 4.2Fp break my code.
I'm using IBO with Delphi5 + Firebird RC2.

Regards,
HJ

----- Original Message -----
From: <akahanek@...>
To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 6:18 PM
Subject: RE: [IBO] Grid lookup


> Yes, this topic is completely described in the IBO help and there is
> also example project included in the IBO. Try to read this first and
> you?ll see that it works.
> Ales (my first name:)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dion [mailto:dion@...]
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:31 AM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [IBO] Grid lookup
>
>
> Hi Akahanek(your firstname I hope,
>
> Do you have any experience at getting this to work?
>
> Cheers,
> Dion.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: akahanek@... [mailto:akahanek@...]
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:55 AM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [IBO] Grid lookup
>
>
> Helen,
> what is the difference between
>
> SELECT a.Field,
> b.TitleID,
> (SELECT Title as The_Title
> FROM Titles t WHERE t.TitleID = b.TitleID),
> FROM (tables, joins)
>
> and
>
> SELECT a.Field,
> b.TitleID,
> t.Title as The_Title,
> FROM (tables, joins + JOIN Titles t ON ....)
>
> when using Lookup Combos. Why is recommended the first solution?
>
> My experience was that I was unable to set up OrderingLinks and
> OrderingItems correctly when using the first solution and there was an
> error that the lookup colum does?nt exist.
>
> The second solution works fine with no problems, ordering by the lookup
> column too.
>
> Ales Kahanek
> akahanek@...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Helen Borrie (TeamIBO) [mailto:helebor@...]
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:20 PM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IBO] Grid lookup
>
>
> At 03:59 PM 20-01-02 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Is it possible to have a lookup on a field in a "joined" table. For
> example,
> >if MemberBen is the table representing the relationship between a
> Member and
> >his Beneficiaries, and titleid is the foriegn key in the Beneficiary
> table,
> >how do you get a drop down in for eg a grid, of all possible titles
> from the
> >Title table. There seems to be a problem declaring KeyLinks for the
> lookup
> >query.
>
> Lookup fields refer to columns, not tables (but see my NOTE, below) so
> the join doesn't affect the ability to implement the lookup. Just don't
> include the Title table in the join, though. Use a correlated subquery
> to bring the Title text into the main query. Include TitleID in the
> field list for the main query, just don't display it.
>
> Mainquery would be
>
> SELECT a.Field,
> ........
> b.TitleID,
> ...,
> (SELECT Title as The_Title
> FROM Titles t WHERE t.TitleID = b.TitleID),
> ....
> FROM (tables, joins and wheres)
>
> The lookup dataset is
>
> SELECT TitleID, Title FROM Titles
>
> KeyLinks of the Lookup dataset:
> TitleID=MainQuery.TitleID
>
> KeyDescLinks of the Lookup dataset:
> Title=MainQuery.The_Title
>
> Don't forget to link the lookup dataset's KeySource property to the
> datasource of MainQuery.
>
> Just make sure the joined query is squeaky-clean with respect to join
> syntax and table identifiers.
> Use JOIN, not the SQL-89 inner join syntax.
>
> Note: If you've eliminated all possibility of ambiguity and yet find
> you get problems using the aliases, then remove the aliases and
> substitute with fully-qualified columns in the join statement. Do that
> as a last resort, though. IBO should be able to peel back and do the
> linking through the aliases.
>
> cheers,
> Helen
>
> regards,
> Helen Borrie (TeamIBO Support)
>
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