From: Michael J Davis <michael.j.davis@tvguide.com>
To: 'Adam H. Pendleton' <apendleton@vgsinc.com>
To: pgsql-sql@hub.org
Subject: RE: [SQL] Trigger question
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:41:41 -0500
Message-ID: <93C04F1F5173D211A27900105AA8FCFC1454CC@lambic.prevuenet.com> (raw)
I would not store the last name in the employee_payroll table. I the
primary should be something like an employee_id. This would eliminate the
need to update the employee_payroll table every time an employee name
changes.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam H. Pendleton [SMTP:apendleton@vgsinc.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 11:38 AM
> To: pgsql-sql@hub.org
> Subject: [SQL] Trigger question
>
> I have a dilema, and I'm not sure what the best way to go about solving it
> is. I have a table called employee_master, and a table called
> employee_payroll. The primary key for both tables is the employee name.
> It
> would be easy for me to set up a trigger that checked the master table
> when
> inserting into the payroll table to make sure the employee exists. My
> problem is this: The employee names are stored Last, First in both
> tables.
> The data file I am parsing to insert into the payroll table contains just
> the last name. Now I can make a trigger that uses a 'like' and checks the
> employees division as well to ensure that they are in the employee_master,
> but how do I update with just the last name? I don't want to insert, I
> need
> to be able to update the data in the row.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
>
>
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