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From Vernon Wu
Subject Re: null foreign key column
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Msg-id FEY83IG42SQA7EB94TR71LGNMVUWSUO.3e4acc1b@kimiko
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In response to Re: null foreign key column  (Dmitry Tkach <dmitry@openratings.com>)
Responses Re: null foreign key column  (Dmitry Tkach <dmitry@openratings.com>)
Re: null foreign key column  (Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>)
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12/02/2003 2:24:49 PM, Dmitry Tkach <dmitry@openratings.com> wrote:

>You don't want it to be serial - just make it 'person_id in'

Any reasons?

>
>I hope, it helps...
>
>Dima
>
>Arunachalam Jaisankar wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I would like to have a foreign key column in my table which allows null val=
>> ue also.
>> But the below create table sql command doesn't accept null value for person=
>> _id.
>> How to do in postgres?
>> 
>> create table event
>> (
>>     event_id               serial                not null,
>>     event_description      char(255)                     ,
>>     person_id              serial                        ,
>>     primary key (event_id),
>>     foreign key  (person_id)
>>        references person (person_id)
>> );
>> 
>> regards
>> Jai
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>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would like to have a foreign key column =
>> in my=20
>> table which allows null value also.</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But the below create table sql command doe=
>> sn't=20
>> accept null value for person_id.</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>How to do in postgres?</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>=
>>  </DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>create table event<BR>(<BR>  &nb=
>> sp;=20
>> event_id           &=
>> nbsp;  =20
>> serial           &nb=
>> sp;   =20
>> not null,<BR>    event_description    &n=
>> bsp;=20
>> char(255)           =
>>          =20
>> ,<BR>   =20
>> person_id           =
>>   =20
>> serial           &nb=
>> sp;           =20
>> ,<BR>    primary key (event_id),<BR>    forei=
>> gn=20
>> key  (person_id)<BR>       references pe=
>> rson=20
>> (person_id)<BR>);</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>regards</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jai</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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