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<p class="betadraftsubtitle">Beta Draft: 2013-01-03</p>
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<h1><a id="sthref586" name="sthref586"></a><a id="sthref587" name="sthref587"></a>Joining Strategy</h1>
<p>Use this area to specify a mapped column for joining an entity association. By default, the mapping is assumed to have a single join.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Mapped by</span></p>
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<p>The field in the database table that "owns" the relationship. This field is required only on the non-owning side of the relationship.</p>
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<p><a href="tasks016.htm#BABEIEGD">Many-to-many mapping</a>, <a href="tasks018.htm#BABHGEBD">One-to-many mapping</a>, and <a href="tasks019.htm#BABFHBCJ">One-to-one mapping</a></p>
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<p><span class="bold">Primary key join columns</span></p>
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<p><a href="tasks019.htm#BABFHBCJ">One-to-one mapping</a></p>
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<p><span class="bold">Join columns</span></p>
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<p><a id="sthref588" name="sthref588"></a><a id="sthref589" name="sthref589"></a>By default, the name is assumed to be the primary tables associated with the entities concatenated with an underscore.</p>
<p>Select <span class="bold">Override Default</span>, then Add, Edit, or Remove the join columns.</p>
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<p><a href="tasks017.htm#BABHFAFJ">Many-to-one mapping</a>, <a href="tasks018.htm#BABHGEBD">One-to-many mapping</a>, and <a href="tasks019.htm#BABFHBCJ">One-to-one mapping</a></p>
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<p><span class="bold">Join table</span></p>
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<p><a href="tasks016.htm#BABEIEGD">Many-to-many mapping</a>, <a href="tasks017.htm#BABHFAFJ">Many-to-one mapping</a>, <a href="tasks018.htm#BABHGEBD">One-to-many mapping</a>, and <a href="tasks019.htm#BABFHBCJ">One-to-one mapping</a></p>
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<p>Name</p>
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<p>Name of the join table that contains the foreign key column.You must specify the join table on the owning side.</p>
<p>By default, the name is assumed to be the primary tables associated with the entities concatenated with an underscore.</p>
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<p>Schema</p>
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<p>Schema of the table</p>
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<p>Catalog</p>
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<p>Catalog of the table</p>
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<p>Join columns</p>
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<p>The foreign key columns of the join table which reference the primary table of the entity <span class="italic">owning</span> the association. (that is, the <span class="italic">owning</span> side of the association).</p>
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<p>Inverse join columns</p>
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<p>The foreign key columns of the join table which reference the primary table of the entity that <span class="italic">does not</span> own the association. (that is, the <span class="italic">inverse</span> side of the association).</p>
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