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From: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
Organization: Ringways Garages Ltd
To: Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@klaster.net>
Subject: Re: references table(multiple columns go here)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 17:18:42 +0000
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On Wednesday 18 December 2002 4:56 pm, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi Tomasz,
[snip]
> > > create table jobtypes (
> > > jid     	int4 default nextval('jobs_jid_seq'::text) unique not null,
> > > jdid		character references ranks(rdid),	-- This joint reference
> > > jrank		int4 not null references ranks(rrank),	-- needs sorting
> > > jdesc		character varying(40)	-- job description
> >
> > !!!here!!! ,CONSTRAINT c2 FOREIGN KEY(jid,jdid) REFERENCES ranks
> > (rid,rdid)
>
> Did this come in with 7.2? I get parse error on or near 'FOREIGN'. Note I
> changed the field names to the ones I wanted.

I've just tried this on a 7.2.1-5 system and get the same error.

>
> create table jobtypes (
> jid     	int4 default nextval('jobs_jid_seq'::text) unique not null,
> jdid		character,		-- This joint reference
> jrank		int4 not null references ranks(rrank),	-- needs sorting
> jdesc		character varying(40),	-- job description
> contraint c2 foreign key (jdid,jrank) references ranks (rdid,rrank)
> );
> ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "foreign"
>
> > > );
> >
> > that's all
> > Tomasz Myrta

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Gary Stainburn
 
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