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.NET Framework Class Library
DataRelationCollection..::.Add Method (String, DataColumn, DataColumn, Boolean)

Creates a DataRelation with the specified name, parent and child columns, with optional constraints according to the value of the createConstraints parameter, and adds it to the collection.

Namespace:  System.Data
Assembly:  System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Function Add ( _
    name As String, _
    parentColumn As DataColumn, _
    childColumn As DataColumn, _
    createConstraints As Boolean _
) As DataRelation
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DataRelationCollection
Dim name As String
Dim parentColumn As DataColumn
Dim childColumn As DataColumn
Dim createConstraints As Boolean
Dim returnValue As DataRelation

returnValue = instance.Add(name, parentColumn, _
    childColumn, createConstraints)
C#
public virtual DataRelation Add(
    string name,
    DataColumn parentColumn,
    DataColumn childColumn,
    bool createConstraints
)
Visual C++
public:
virtual DataRelation^ Add(
    String^ name, 
    DataColumn^ parentColumn, 
    DataColumn^ childColumn, 
    bool createConstraints
)
JScript
public function Add(
    name : String, 
    parentColumn : DataColumn, 
    childColumn : DataColumn, 
    createConstraints : boolean
) : DataRelation

Parameters

name
Type: System..::.String
The name of the relation.
parentColumn
Type: System.Data..::.DataColumn
The parent column of the relation.
childColumn
Type: System.Data..::.DataColumn
The child column of the relation.
createConstraints
Type: System..::.Boolean
true to create constraints; otherwise false. (The default is true).

Return Value

Type: System.Data..::.DataRelation
The created relation.

When a DataRelation object is added to the collection, ForeignKeyConstraint and UniqueConstraint objects are created by default if they do not already exist. To prevent this, you can set createConstraints to false.

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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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