Showing 'list' in portal

[yeldarb]

I'm an absolute FMP newbie

I have a table called 'artists' and another called 'contacts'.

And I have a layout with a portal listing that artist's contacts

However.. In real life, each 'contact' can be linked to many 'artists'. E.G one guy might manage three bands

I would really appreciate any of you pointing me in the right direction of allowing a 'contact' to be linked to many 'artists'

 

[doughemi]

You have a many-to many relationship between Artists and Contacts (many artists can have many contacts).  You need a join table Artist_Contact between them.

Artist::id >----< Artist_Contact::Artist ID
                  Artist_Contact::ContactID >------< Contact::ID

Make your portal based on Artist_Contact, and include the relevant fields from Contacts in the portal

[yeldarb]

That comment was clearer to me than anything I've read on Google about this today. I've done that but the portal is blank.

[comment]

See if this helps:
http://fmforums.com/topic/50942-portal-grouping-problem/#comment-239210