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From: Anton Gavazuk <antongavazuk@gmail.com>
To: JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Advice on key design
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:02:43 +0200
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Hi Jorge,

In your case it would be lpp_id as PK, and
lpp_person_id,lpp_language_id as unique constraint

Thanks,
Anton

On Jul 23, 2013, at 23:45, JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have 2 tables, a parent (tbl_persons) and a child (tbl_languages_per_person) as follows (a language table is also involved):
>
> ------------------
> tbl_persons
> ------------------
> * per_id
> * per_name
> * per_address
>
> --------------------------------------
> tbl_languages_per_person
> --------------------------------------
> * lpp_person_id
> * lpp_language_id
> * lpp_id
>
> As you can see, there is an obvious key in the child table which is "lpp_person_id + lpp_language_id", but I also need the field "lpp_id" as a unique key which is a field that contains a consecutive number of type serial.
>
> My question is: what should I configure as the primary key, "lpp_person_id + lpp_language_id" or "lpp_id"?
> Is the role of a primary key different from that of a unique index?
>
> With respect,
> Jorge Maldonado
>
>
>
>
>
>


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