Specifies the key fields that are used by
a link template.
Summary
Before
the Link Template dialog box opens, the New
Link Template dialog box is displayed,
in which you can name the link template. You can open this dialog
box using the following methods:
Access Methods
Toolbar: dbConnect Manager buttons
Select a database table and choose the New
Link Template button.
Toolbar: Data View buttons
Choose New Link Template from the Link Template
list, and then choose the Link button flyout.
Menu: dbConnect
Templates
New Link Template. Navigate
to and select a database table from the Select a Database Object
dialog box and choose Continue.
Shortcut menu: Right-click a database table in the dbConnect
Manager and choose New Link Template.
Pointing device: Double-click a link template in the
dbConnect Manager. This method opens the Link Template dialog box
directly, without first displaying the New Link Template dialog
box.
List of Options
The following options
are displayed.
- Template
Name
-
Displays
the name of the link template.
- Table
-
Displays
the current database table. The first line lists the name of the
table, and the second line lists the full data source path to the
table in the following syntax: environment.catalog.schema.table
- Key
Fields
-
Displays
all fields that are available for the current database table, as
well as the field type and, in the case of character fields, the
field length. You specify the link template's key fields by selecting
the check box to the left of the field name.
