FDS relationship question

Hello,

This is a big time FDS newbie question.

I have developed my first Flex2 app using RemoteObjects to ColdFusion. I'm satisfied but I now understand how FDS could help me better (mainly in the sync/conflict area).

But there is something, I'm sure quite easy, that stumps me when I study FDS. How to use data relationships. Let me give you and example:

A datagrid contains

Order_No Customer_Name Warehouse_Name Date Total
------------- ----------------------- -------------------------- -------- --------

The customer_name comes from the Customer table where Order.No_Customer = Customer.No_Customer. Same concept for Warehouse name.

I understand that I can use LabelFunction to get the name but I am not convinced that returning to the database a hundred times to get each customer and warehouse name is wise. (I may be wrong).

In my RemoteObjet application I prepared a SQL query in a CFC to pre-prepare the data to fill the grid and load the order as per the order_no column.

If I run such a query in FDS (if possible) I will loose the fiil/sync capabilities I want to use, at least I think.

But how can I accomplish that in FDS ?? In other language/technologies (read WebObjects) I could use "Pathing" like order.toClient().name. Is there something like that in Flex/FDS ?

Our database is pretty well layed out from a relational standpoint. So solving this issue will help me a lot.

Thanks

Steve