Gets the collection of child relations for this DataTable.
[Visual Basic] Public ReadOnly Property ChildRelations As RelationsCollection [C#] public RelationsCollection ChildRelations {get;} [C++] public: __property RelationsCollection* get_ChildRelations(); [JScript] public function get ChildRelations() : RelationsCollection;
A RelationsCollection that contains the child relations for the table.
A DataRelation defines the relationship between two tables. Typically, two tables are linked through a single field that contains the same data. For example, a table which contains address data may have a single field containing codes that represent countries. A second table that contains country data will have a single field that contains the code that identifies the country, and it is this code which is inserted into the corresponding field in the first table. A DataRelation, then, contains at least four pieces of information: (1) the name of the first table, (2) the column name in the first table, (3) the name of the second table, and (4) the column name in the second table.
The following example uses the ChildRelations property to return each child DataRelation in a DataTable. Each relation is then used as an argument in the GetChildRows method of the DataRow to return an array of rows. The value of each column in the row is then printed.
[Visual Basic]
Private Sub GetChildRowsFromDataRelation(myTable As DataTable) Dim dr As DataRelation Dim arrRows() As DataRow Dim r As DataRow Dim i As Integer Dim dc As DataColumn For Each dr In myTable.ChildRelations For Each r In myTable.Rows arrRows = r.GetChildRows(dr) ' Print values of rows. For i = 0 To UBound(arrRows) For Each dc in myTable.Columns Console.WriteLine(arrRows(i)(dc.ColumnName)) Next dc Next i Next r Next dr End Sub
DataTable Class | DataTable Members | System.Data Namespace | ParentRelations | DataRelation | GetParentRows | GetChildRows | CreateChildView