Re: Foreign key constraint question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Lew
Subject Re: Foreign key constraint question
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Msg-id KrCdnfHJcIxgpzzbnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@comcast.com
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In response to Re: Foreign key constraint question  (Perry Smith <pedz@easesoftware.com>)
List pgsql-general
Perry Smith wrote:
>>> 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.

Can there be more than one row in "item_bases" with the same "item_id" but
different "item_type"s?

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Lew

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