SET SKIP

Purpose

Automatically establishes one-to-many relationships across related tables

Syntax

SET SKIP TO [<alias>, ...]

SET SKIP ON | OFF | (<expL>)

See Also

ALIAS(), CREATE VIEW, DBRSELECT(), DISPLAY, INDEX, LIST, SELECT, SET FILTER, SET RELATION, SKIP, TARGET(), USE

Description

The SET SKIP TO <alias> command allows for master to detail relationships between tables. It allows you to access all detail records in a related table. This command is only effective when SET RELATION is ON, and when a relationship exists between data files. The SET SKIP TO <alias> command operates by starting at the innermost relationship and scanning for all duplicate relationship keys to satisfy all detail records for the relationship. It then skips up a level in the relationship chain and performs the same operation on that data file. The record pointer in all specified related data files will update before the record pointer in the active data file is changed. Then it skips up to the master data file, reading the next record and setting up related data files.

Master to detail relationships that have been set up with the SET SKIP TO <alias> command only affect the DISPLAY, LIST commands. The SET SKIP TO command disables relationships previously set with the SET SKIP <alias> command. The SET SKIP ON/OFF commands enable or disable the satisfying of the master detail relationship defined with the SET SKIP TO <alias> command on a system wide basis.

Example

select c
use invoices index cust_code
select b
use orders
set relation to cust_code into invoices
select a
use customers
set skip on
set relation to cust_code into invoices
set skip to orders, invoices