How do you create a foreign key relationship in a SQL Server CE (Compact Edition) Database?

Question

Visual Studio 2005 doesn\'t provide an interface for creating relationships between tables in a SQL Server CE database (I\'m using version 3.0) and you can\'t open a Compact Edi

Answer 1

Alan is correct when he says there's designer support. Rhywun is incorrect when he implies you cannot choose the foreign key table. What he means is that in the UI the foreign key table drop down is greyed out - all that means is he has not right clicked on the correct table to add the foreign key to.

In summary, right click on the foriegn key table and then via the 'Table Properties' > 'Add Relations' option you select the related primary key table.

I've done it numerous times and it works.