Determining the column type "MetaColumn, MetaChildrenColumn, MetaForeignKeyColumn"

1. I'm trying to determine the column type of the column in _table.columns collection
2. If a column is of the type MetaForeignKeyColumn or MetaChildrenColumn then do not show if the destination table has a custom attribute set to hidden.

This allow me suppress Insert, Edit, Details links dynamically based on custom attribute information.

OK I've sorted 1. out myself:

if (column.Scaffold && column.GetType() == MetaForeignKeyColumn)
{
    //TODO: sonthing here
}  

This gets me the coulmns I want now I want to determin which table they point to:

i.e. in Northwind the CustomerId and therefore Customer (column type MetaForeignKeyColumn) points to the Customers Column)

What I want to know is how to find this information at run time?

Instead of comparing the type, try something like this:

var fkColumn as MetaForeignKeyColumn;
if (fkColumn != null) {
    // fkColumn.ParentTable gives you what you want
}

David

Thanks David,

I knew there would be a way to traverse the relationships