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    passive link and posting

    I have brought in a few tables needed from Quickbooks(passive link), now I can work with data from those tables, but lets say I want to access this data the way alphasports does the invoice set. Each table within the set needs its data for the set to work. But I have most of the set data coming from one QB table. So should I create extra tables and post the info into them from the QB table. In order to get the various tables needed to create the set. I noticed that I cannot seem to create multiple links to the same table with in the same set. What is the best way around this?
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    Re: passive link and posting

    Lets say I create two tables one passive link table to QB contacts and one contact table from Alpha templates (field names are different). I want all the data from QB_contacts posted into Alpha_contacts. There are no records in Alpha_contacts yet. Once the records are in the Alpha_contacts I will want the QB_contact passive link table to update the alpha_contact table. What is the fastest method for this type of operation. Of course I am trying to simplify what I am really trying to do with a couple of QB passive tables.

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      Re: passive link and posting

      Keith

      I really don't understand what you are trying to do...

      But from the general flavor of your question, I use some of these methods.

      1. a set - can be a 1-1 or a 1-many relationship
      2. a mapped table - only a 1-1, but other Alpha functions think of it as one table. So you can do things that a set can't do.
      3. a posting operation. This will put data from one table into another, but won't add records to the table.
      4. an append operation. Will add records from one table to another.
      5. a copy of a set to a table. (also see join operation)
      6. other variations of a join operation - subtract...

      Re-reading your question a few times, you may need to look at an append operation with the update existing and add unique option...
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        Al

        you come to the rescue again, what I have run into is the fact that Alpha sets cannot be used the way I am trying to go about things. It may be my way of thinking is getting in the way of my forward progress. Having come over from another (FM), my brain is stuck in a thought process from the past. I believe mapping maybe the answer for some of my issues. I will give this new thought a work out.

        Thanks for all your help

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          Re: passive link and posting

          I was having a similar problem and the mapped table worked perfectly for the solution. Thank you

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            Can anyone tell me why when I try to create a mapped table this error message pops up: Error loading :\grei database\mastertble.dbf: Field is not recognized. This table was working just fine this morning but then I realized that I needed to change which table I used for the parent and which table I used for the child for my mapped table to display the correct information. So as soon as I changed it this error message popped up so I tried to create a brand new mapped table and the error message still popped up. I have tried restoring my database from a previous back up that I knew worked correctly but everytime I try to change something the same error message pops up. I am stuck and any help would be much appreciated.
            Thanks,
            Cassie

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