Colección Relations (DAO)

Se aplica a: Access 2013, Office 2013

Una colección Relations contiene objetos Relation almacenados de un objeto Database (sólo bases de datos del motor de base de datos de Microsoft Access).

Comentarios

Puede utilizar el objeto Relation para crear nuevas relaciones y examinar las relaciones existentes en la base de datos. Para agregar un objeto Relation a la colección Relations, créelo primero con el método CreateRelation y agréguelo después a la colección Relations con el método Append. De esta forma, el objeto Relation se guardará cuando cierre el objeto Database. Para quitar un objeto Relation de la colección, utilice el método Delete.

Para hacer referencia a un objeto Relation en una colección mediante su número ordinal o mediante el valor de la propiedad Name, utilice una de las formas sintácticas siguientes:

Relations(0)

Relations("name")

¡Relaciones! [nombre]

Ejemplo

En este ejemplo se muestra cómo un objeto Relation existente puede controlar la entrada de datos. El procedimiento intenta agregar un registro con un CategoryID deliberadamente incorrecto, que desencadena una rutina de tratamiento de errores.

    Sub RelationX() 
     
     Dim dbsNorthwind As Database 
     Dim rstProducts As Recordset 
     Dim prpLoop As Property 
     Dim fldLoop As Field 
     Dim errLoop As Error 
     
     Set dbsNorthwind = OpenDatabase("Northwind.mdb") 
     Set rstProducts = dbsNorthwind.OpenRecordset("Products") 
     
     ' Print a report showing all the different parts of 
     ' the relation and where each part is stored. 
     With dbsNorthwind.Relations!CategoriesProducts 
     Debug.Print "Properties of " & .Name & " Relation" 
     Debug.Print " Table = " & .Table 
     Debug.Print " ForeignTable = " & .ForeignTable 
     Debug.Print "Fields of " & .Name & " Relation" 
     With .Fields!CategoryID 
     Debug.Print " " & .Name 
     Debug.Print " Name = " & .Name 
     Debug.Print " ForeignName = " & .ForeignName 
     End With 
     End With 
     
     ' Attempt to add a record that violates the relation. 
     With rstProducts 
     .AddNew 
     !ProductName = "Trygve's Lutefisk" 
     !CategoryID = 10 
     On Error GoTo Err_Relation 
     .Update 
     On Error GoTo 0 
     .Close 
     End With 
     
     dbsNorthwind.Close 
     
     Exit Sub 
     
    Err_Relation: 
     
     ' Notify user of any errors that result from 
     ' the invalid data. 
     If DBEngine.Errors.Count > 0 Then 
     For Each errLoop In DBEngine.Errors 
     MsgBox "Error number: " & errLoop.Number & _ 
     vbCr & errLoop.Description 
     Next errLoop 
     End If 
     
     Resume Next 
     
    End Sub 

En este ejemplo se utiliza el método CreateRelation para crear una Relation entre el objeto TableDef de empleados y un nuevo objeto TableDef denominado Departments (departamentos). También se muestra cómo crear una nueva relación también creará los índices necesarios en la tabla externa (el índice DepartmentsEmployees en la tabla Employees).

    Sub CreateRelationX() 
     
     Dim dbsNorthwind As Database 
     Dim tdfEmployees As TableDef 
     Dim tdfNew As TableDef 
     Dim idxNew As Index 
     Dim relNew As Relation 
     Dim idxLoop As Index 
     
     Set dbsNorthwind = OpenDatabase("Northwind.mdb") 
     
     With dbsNorthwind 
     ' Add new field to Employees table. 
     Set tdfEmployees = .TableDefs!Employees 
     tdfEmployees.Fields.Append _ 
     tdfEmployees.CreateField("DeptID", dbInteger, 2) 
     
     ' Create new Departments table. 
     Set tdfNew = .CreateTableDef("Departments") 
     
     With tdfNew 
     ' Create and append Field objects to Fields 
     ' collection of the new TableDef object. 
     .Fields.Append .CreateField("DeptID", dbInteger, 2) 
     .Fields.Append .CreateField("DeptName", dbText, 20) 
     
     ' Create Index object for Departments table. 
     Set idxNew = .CreateIndex("DeptIDIndex") 
     ' Create and append Field object to Fields 
     ' collection of the new Index object. 
     idxNew.Fields.Append idxNew.CreateField("DeptID") 
     ' The index in the primary table must be Unique in 
     ' order to be part of a Relation. 
     idxNew.Unique = True 
     .Indexes.Append idxNew 
     End With 
     
     .TableDefs.Append tdfNew 
     
     ' Create EmployeesDepartments Relation object, using 
     ' the names of the two tables in the relation. 
     Set relNew = .CreateRelation("EmployeesDepartments", _ 
     tdfNew.Name, tdfEmployees.Name, _ 
     dbRelationUpdateCascade) 
     
     ' Create Field object for the Fields collection of the 
     ' new Relation object. Set the Name and ForeignName 
     ' properties based on the fields to be used for the 
     ' relation. 
     relNew.Fields.Append relNew.CreateField("DeptID") 
     relNew.Fields!DeptID.ForeignName = "DeptID" 
     .Relations.Append relNew 
     
     ' Print report. 
     Debug.Print "Properties of " & relNew.Name & _ 
     " Relation" 
     Debug.Print " Table = " & relNew.Table 
     Debug.Print " ForeignTable = " & _ 
     relNew.ForeignTable 
     Debug.Print "Fields of " & relNew.Name & " Relation" 
     
     With relNew.Fields!DeptID 
     Debug.Print " " & .Name 
     Debug.Print " Name = " & .Name 
     Debug.Print " ForeignName = " & .ForeignName 
     End With 
     
     Debug.Print "Indexes in " & tdfEmployees.Name & _ 
     " TableDef" 
     For Each idxLoop In tdfEmployees.Indexes 
     Debug.Print " " & idxLoop.Name & _ 
     ", Foreign = " & idxLoop.Foreign 
     Next idxLoop 
     
     ' Delete new objects because this is a demonstration. 
     .Relations.Delete relNew.Name 
     .TableDefs.Delete tdfNew.Name 
     tdfEmployees.Fields.Delete "DeptID" 
     .Close 
     End With 
     
    End Sub