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: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:30:57 +0100
Message-ID: <3E01ADF1.5050003@klaster.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200212181625.11316.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
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Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Thursday 19 Dec 2002 9:58 am, Tomasz Myrta wrote:
>
> >Gary Stainburn wrote:
> >
> >>That did the trick. However, I now have another problem with the
> >>constraint
> >>complaining about there not being an index to refer to. However,
> >>there is.
The error is inside declaration of table "ranks.
You can't create two similiar foreign keys: one based on field (rrank)
and second one based on fields (rdid,rrank).
You have to change:
jrank int4 not null references ranks(rrank), -- needs sorting
to
jrank int4 not null, -- needs sorting
> This is probably because of my background in as a COBOL programmer where
> having multiple fields of the same name can cause problems (especially
> with
> MF Cobol which only partially supports it) as well as early (read
> early 80's)
> database experince where it wasn't allowed. Also, I find it usefull
> because
> I know immediately which table a field has come from.
As you wish.
>
>
> Why does it make joins easier to use the same name for fields?
If you create queries like this, you get rid of duplicates.
select *
from
jobtypes
join departments using (did)
If you are afraid of duplicates, you can always use an alias:
select
ranks.rank_id as rid,
...
If you want, here is my minimal version of your tables:
create table depts (
dept_id int4 primary key,
...
};
create table ranks (
rank_id int4 default nextval('ranks_rid_seq') primary key,
dept_id int4 references depts, -- department
rank int4 not null, -- departmental rank
rdesc character varying(40) -- Rank Description
);
create table jobtypes (
jobtype_id int4 default nextval('jobs_jid_seq') primary key,
rank_id int4 references ranks(rank_id),
jdesc character varying(40) -- job description
);
Tomasz Myrta
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