Difference between link and child tables?

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I just started using erpnext and im fairly new to programming. I’m confused between link and child relation. Say I can get all the data from a doctype using link then why should I use “is a child table”?

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A child table is where you want to add rows. It is a table, a link field links two documents with each other. Let’s say we have three entities:

  1. Client
  2. Project
  3. Bank

Now a Client can have multiple projects, so for that purpose we will use a child table. However a client can only have one bank, so for that we will use a link field.

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Got it. Thank you :slight_smile: