Re: unique across two tables - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Misa Simic
Subject Re: unique across two tables
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Msg-id BANLkTi=cc_M7gppf8JYu3P141Ls_+F9=Mg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to unique across two tables  (Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz <postgresql4@numerixtechnology.de>)
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Hi Tarlika,

I think easy solution could be:

create baseTable with just one column as PK

TableA inhertis baseTable, it will have inherited Column + additianl tables for TableA
TableB inherits baseTable, it will aslo have inherited Column + additianl tables for TableB

Insert in any table TableA or TableB will automatically insert row in baseTable what will fail if value already exist...


Kind Regards,

Misa

2011/6/20 Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz <postgresql4@numerixtechnology.de>
I have two tables, town and townalias, the latter containing alternative
town names.
I would like to ensure that a town name is unique per
country-region across the two tables.

Can I do this with a constraint ot do I need to implement the logic via
trigger?



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PostgreSQl 8.4

CREATE TABLE town
(
 country_fk character varying(3) NOT NULL,
 region_fk character varying(3) NOT NULL,
 id serial NOT NULL,
 "name" character varying(50) NOT NULL
)

CREATE TABLE townalias
(
 country_fk character varying(3) NOT NULL,
 region_fk character varying(3) NOT NULL,
 town_fk integer NOT NULL,
 id serial NOT NULL,
 "name" character varying(50) NOT NULL,
 CONSTRAINT town_townalias_fk FOREIGN KEY (country_fk, region_fk,
town_fk) REFERENCES town (country_fk, region_fk, id)
)

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Best Regards,
Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz

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