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By the few months I was trying to do an application using Sql Server + C#. The program is a kind of "Pokémon Agenda", where a user can add and edit pokémons and their abilities, types and photo, besides other functions like searching for records. Here's a print screen from the Form and from the tables diagram: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zU2YE.jpg" alt="enter image description here"> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TCld6.jpg" alt="enter image description here"> Here's my problem: I was trying to access directly the names from the tables "Abilities" and "Types" by only using its ID's (AbilityID and TypeID) from the table "Kanto". In other words, I was trying to access many data from different tables using, basically, just one table! However, I am not sure if this is exactly possible. I thought in 2 possibilities: <ol> <li>Using Dataset relations (although this solution is not too clear for me yet), for example: ds.Relations.Add("PokéAbility", ds.Tables["Abilities"].Columns["AbilityID"], ds.Tables["Kanto"].Columns["AbilityID"]);</li> <li>Using a Natural Join, so I could create more tables and use them too to manipulate my desired data. </li> </ol> Note: the tables "Types" and "Abilities" should be already filled with all the necessary information, so they won't be edited during the execution of the Form. I won't paste the whole code because it is a little long, but, if you would like to see a specific part of it, just ask me that I will provide it.
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<c#><sql-server><relationship><foreign-key-relationship><natural-join>
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