Custom table relation

Question

Hi all.
I'm having a rought time trying to sort this out.
Here's my scenario;
Table1
ID,     NAME,     TYPE1,     TYPE2,     TYPE3,     VALUE1,     VALUE2,     VALUE3
EXAMPLE DATA:
1,      PEDRO,      COLOR,      SIZE,      HEIGHT,     01,      02,      02
1,      JOHN,      COLOR,      SIZE,      HEIGHT,     01,      02,      02
1,      FRED,      COLOR,      SIZE,      HEIGHT,     01,      02,      02
Table2
TYPE,     VALUE,     DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLE DATA
COLOR,     01,     BLACK
COLOR,     02,     WHITE
SIZE,     01,     SMALL
SIZE,     01,     LARGE
HEIGHT,     01,     MEDIUM
HEIGHT,     01,     TALL
I need to report, along with the NAME field, the DESCRIPTION (TABLE2) of the 3 VALUES stored on TABLE1. I tryed using a SQL Expression, but I need to filter the query to get the values only related to the specifique TABLE1 ID
I have both tables on the connection done to the SQL server on Crystal Reports
...without a subreport, ofc ^^
Thanks allot

Answer 1

Hi,
Did you try this using database fields directly in crystal reports ?
In  database expert check for the links it should be inner join.
then the drag the required fields into the design tab and run the report.
This may  help you.
If you write sql expression manually you need id column in  the second table as well
As per your table it is not there so you cant make inner join.
Or you can write the following.
select name,value, discrptn from tab1,tab2
where tab1.valu1=tab2.value or table1.valu2=table2.value or tab1.value3=tab2.value.
hope this works fine.............
as per my understanding i have written if it does not  work  please let me know and elaborate bit more.
Regards,
Neo.