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* Re: constrains questios ..
@ 2003-02-11 16:48  Johannes Lochmann <johannes.lochmann@chello.at>
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From: Johannes Lochmann @ 2003-02-11 16:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

On Tuesday 11 February 2003 16:35, Rafal Kedziorski wrote:
Hi,

> is better to create constrains while creating table or after the table
> is created? I'm working on sql script which should create about 40 tables.

I usually first create the tables, then the constraints. Rational: You can 
create the tables in any sequence you want to.

HTH

Johannes Lochmann

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* Re: constrains questios ..
@ 2003-02-11 17:41  Matthew Nuzum <cobalt@bearfruit.org>
  parent: Johannes Lochmann <johannes.lochmann@chello.at>
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From: Matthew Nuzum @ 2003-02-11 17:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'Johannes Lochmann' <johannes.lochmann@chello.at>; pgsql-sql

> > is better to create constrains while creating table or after the
table
> > is created? I'm working on sql script which should create about 40
> tables.
> 
> I usually first create the tables, then the constraints. Rational: You
can
> create the tables in any sequence you want to.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Johannes Lochmann
> 

Can you please demonstrate the syntax you would use to create the
constraints?  I'm not real clear on this and my attempts haven't
produced what I wanted.

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cobalt@bearfruit.org




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* Re: constrains questios ..
@ 2003-02-11 18:04  Johannes Lochmann <johannes.lochmann@chello.at>
  parent: Matthew Nuzum <cobalt@bearfruit.org>
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From: Johannes Lochmann @ 2003-02-11 18:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Matthew Nuzum <cobalt@bearfruit.org>; pgsql-sql

On Tuesday 11 February 2003 18:41, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> Can you please demonstrate the syntax you would use to create the
> constraints?  I'm not real clear on this and my attempts haven't
> produced what I wanted.

Checked the docs? They are really good at this point. Anyways.

The following creates Tables A, B and AB. A and B have an id and a text field, 
AB connects them (N:M relation).

create table A (
	id integer not null primary key,
	something varchar(16)
);

create table B (
	id integer not null primary key,
	otherthing varchar(16)
);

create table AB (
	id_a integer not null,
	id_b integer not null,

	constraint pk_AB primary key(id_a, id_b)
);

create unique index u_A_something on A (something);
create unique index u_A_otherthing on B (otherthing);

alter table AB add constraint fk_AB_A_exists foreign key(id_a) references 
A(id);
alter table AB add constraint fk_AB_B_exists foreign key(id_b) references 
B(id);

HTH

Johannes Lochmann

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