Foreign key constraint question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Perry Smith
Subject Foreign key constraint question
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Msg-id 107462CF-559E-4923-A5EC-40408B7B8737@easesoftware.com
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Responses Re: Foreign key constraint question  (Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>)
Re: Foreign key constraint question  ("Sergey Konoplev" <gray.ru@gmail.com>)
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I want to do something like this:

ALTER TABLE companies ADD CONSTRAINT fk_companies_item_id
             FOREIGN KEY (item_id, 'Company')
             REFERENCES item_bases(item_id, item_type)
             INITIALLY DEFERRED

I could add a column to companies that is always set to "Company" but that seems like a waste.  I tried the above and I got a syntax error.

Any suggestions?

Thank you,
Perry Smith ( pedz@easesoftware.com )
Ease Software, Inc. ( http://www.easesoftware.com )

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