Step 3 - Choose Tables



III. Tables and Fields

This section will explain how to select which tables to work with, which fields in those tables to display on each of your pages, how to link tables and fields together, etc. etc.

FIELDS - To select fields click on the "Fields" cell next to object/table. Click the little table button that appears in the right-hand side of the cell to see the available fields in that particular table. This will open the "Fields window"

FIELDS WINDOW

LINK/JOIN - To link tables, click the cell on the field row in the the 'Links/Joins' column, then click the little table button on the right of the cell. This will open the Linking Window

LINKING WINDOW

Other fields to select or customize in Step 3:

Page Title - This will appear on each of the web pages for the selected table/object.

Add- Allow users to add records.

Update - Allow users to update records.

Delete - Allow users to delete records.

Multi-Delete - On the results page, users can check any/all records the wish to delete in one action.

Image - Select if the table/object has an image field and you would like to display image on webpage. In the drop down menu for this cell, select 'File System' if you want a link to the image inserted into your database. Select 'Database' if you want the image itself embedded in your database.

Max Records - Number of records to return from database at one time. This is to increase performance. For best results, do not set higher than 200.

Results Edit - Users can update all the records being viewed, like a spreadsheet view.

Results Add - Users can add a record at the bottom of the results list without having to go to the detail page.

Sortable - Users can sort records in one click either ascending or descending.

Paging - On the results page, this lets users view a number of records at one time and page to the next set of records. This also increases performance and usability.

Records Per Page - How many records to display on one page. This can be changed by the user on the page.

Detail Paging - On the detail page, users can move to the previous or next record.