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@ 2004-01-07 14:17 Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@thenilgiris.com>
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From: Kenneth Gonsalves @ 2004-01-07 14:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
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in 7.4 i'm getting an error message - UNIQUE constraint matching keys for
table 'xxx' not found - any clues?
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* Re: unique constraints
@ 2004-01-07 17:31 Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
parent: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@thenilgiris.com>
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From: Michael Fuhr @ 2004-01-07 17:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@thenilgiris.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 07:47:32PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> in 7.4 i'm getting an error message - UNIQUE constraint matching keys for
> table 'xxx' not found - any clues?
It would be helpful to see the *exact* wording of the error message and
the SQL statements that can be used to reproduce the error.
I'd guess that you tried to create a foreign key constraint whose
referenced column(s) didn't have a UNIQUE constraint:
=> CREATE TABLE foo (foo_id INTEGER NOT NULL);
CREATE TABLE
=> CREATE TABLE bar (foo_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES foo (foo_id));
ERROR: there is no unique constraint matching given keys for referenced table "foo"
The referenced column(s) should either be a PRIMARY KEY or have a UNIQUE
constraint:
=> CREATE TABLE foo (foo_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "foo_pkey" for table "foo"
CREATE TABLE
=> CREATE TABLE bar (foo_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES foo (foo_id));
CREATE TABLE
See the "Foreign Keys" documentation for more info:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/ddl-constraints.html#DDL-CONSTRAINTS-FK
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* Re: unique constraints
@ 2004-01-08 04:20 Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@thenilgiris.com>
parent: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
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From: Kenneth Gonsalves @ 2004-01-08 04:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
On Wednesday 07 January 2004 23:01, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 07:47:32PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> > in 7.4 i'm getting an error message - UNIQUE constraint matching keys for
> > table 'xxx' not found - any clues?
>
> It would be helpful to see the *exact* wording of the error message and
> the SQL statements that can be used to reproduce the error.
ok, got it now - the key in question was a 'serial' key. in older versions of
postgres, since serial keys are anyway unique, apparently we could get away
with not explicitly giving an unique constraint - sigh, a lot of work lies
ahead ...
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