From: Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@klaster.net>
To: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: references table(multiple columns go here)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 17:46:48 +0100
Message-ID: <3E00A678.5070605@klaster.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200212181625.11316.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
References: <200212181625.11316.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
Hello again
Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> how do I define a referene from 2 columns in 1 table to 2 columns in
> another.
>
> I have:
>
> create table ranks (
> rid int4 default nextval('ranks_rid_seq'::text) unique not null,
> rdid character references depts(did), -- department
> rrank int4 not null, -- departmental rank
> rdesc character varying(40) -- Rank Description
> );
>
>
>
>
> I would now like to define the following table so that inserts can
> only happen
> if jdid matches rdid and jrank matches rrank.
>
> 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)
> );
that's all
Tomasz Myrta
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