> >>On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:52:00 +0200,
> >> erwan ancel <erwan.ancel@free.fr> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> I would like to know if it is possible to set "complex" constraints on
> >>> databases such as:
> >>>
> >>> A->B means that in table A, each record references a record of table B
> >>> (or NULL)
> >>>
> >>> so we have:
> >>>
> >>> A->B
> >>> C->B
> >>> D->C
> >>> D->A
> >>> constraint: for one record of D, D->A->B = D->C->B
Could inheritance be used?
D -> A -> B
D -> C -> B
suggests that A and C are similar. I have never tried using inheritance -
could you put the constraints on a table which both A and C inherit?
Cheers,
Patrick
