Data-relation attribute mappings

The following table lists ABL attributes of an ABL data-relation component passed as part of a ProDataSet parameter and how they map to the corresponding ADO.NET DataRelation of the corresponding ADO.NET DataSet parameter passed in a .NET Open Client.

Table 1. Mapping ABL data-relation attributes to ADO.NET
ABL data-relation attribute ADO.NET mapping Description 
NAME
 
System.Data.DataRelation.RelationName
 Gets or sets the name of the corresponding ABL data-relation. 
NESTED
 
System.Data.DataRelation.Nested
 Gets or sets a logical (.NET boolean) value indicating whether child rows of the specified ADO.NET DataRelation are nested within parent rows when they are written as XML. If the value is true, the child row elements are nested within respective parent row elements. If the value is false, the child row elements follow their respective parent row elements in sequence. 
RELATION-FIELDS
 
System.Data.DataRelation.ChildColumns
System.Data.DataRelation.ParentColumns
 Gets or sets the list of join fields between the parent and child of the corresponding ABL data-relation.