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From Luis Ochoa
Subject Looking for suggestions about how should I implement an action at database designer UI
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Msg-id BANLkTin322D9OT+fRANtREzoKfp0atULYw@mail.gmail.com
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In a relationship between tables, I need to allow use of existing columns as destination target of my foreign key columns.
Right now, when a user create a relationship between two tables, he should select kind: from fk or from uk ( and which?) and the fk columns are created in an automatic way at destination table.

This new feature will require a mapping between this new fk columns and existing columns, allowing user to choose which fk columns will create an automatic column at destination table, and which column will use a existing column as fk. 

My question is how to do this process, I suggest two ways:

(1) User create a relationship between (dragging mouse) and when he drop relationship end instead of creating automatic fk, a new dialog starts a allow user to choose the mapping between each column in fk at destination table between two options: choose an existing column, create an automatic one.

(2) User create a relationship between (dragging mouse) and when he drop relationship all fk columns are automatically created, if user wants to mapping a fk from a new automatic column or to an existing column,  he should select an option from right click to allow bring a dialog as described above to do this mapping.

Dialog in both cases will be like:

[origin fk column 1]     select mapping between [ automatic fk col and an existing column  ]
[origin fk column 2]     select mapping between [ automatic fk col and an existing column  ]
...

Any suggestions or advices are welcome.

Regards, Luis.

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