Re: Two tables refenceing each other's columns - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: Two tables refenceing each other's columns
Date
Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.21.0101020838490.36934-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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In response to Two tables refenceing each other's columns  (GH <grasshacker@over-yonder.net>)
List pgsql-general
You can use ALTER TABLE ADD CONSTRAINT to add foreign key constraints
after table creation.

On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, GH wrote:

>
> Is something like the following allowed (or is not a Bad Idea)?
>
> table1
> ---------+-------------------------
> id1      |serial primary key
> col2     |int references table2(id2)
>
> table2
> ---------+-------------------------
> id2      |serial primary key
> col2     |int references table1(id1)
>
>
> Obviously, creating the tables is a problem since the constraints require
> that the other table exists.
> If doing the above is *not* a Bad Idea, how could I work around this
> problem?
> (That is, (how) can I add the constraints after table creation?
> I imagine something with "create constraint trigger", but the manual is
> not very clear on that.)
>
>
> Thanks
>
> dan
>


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