In relational databases A table can have at most one primary key. However,
you are not required to have a primary key, so I would just have the two
foreign keys in the table PEOPLEGROUPS.
For more information on Constraints see
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/ddl-constraints.html
Wayne Unruh
From : A. Banks <abanks@insightbb.com>
Sent : Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:46 PM
To : <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Subject : [NOVICE] Primary and Foreign Key?
I have the following related tables:
PEOPLE
--------------
peopleid pkey,
name,
etc
GROUPS
-------------
groupid pkey,
description,
etc
PEOPLEGROUPS
-------------------
peopleid pkey/fkey,
groupid pkey/fkey
What is the CORRECT way (in Postgres) to define the PEOPLEGROUPS table so
that it has both the double primary key AND still acts as a foreign key for
people.peopleid and groups.groupid? Can i specify both or is this not
necessary? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
