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To: JORGE MALDONADO <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: A situation with one parent table and 3 child tables
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 19:53:54 -0700
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On Monday, October 2, 2023, JORGE MALDONADO <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have one parent table (*table_p*) with 3 child tables (*table_ch1*, *table_ch2
> *and *table_ch3*). Each record of the parent table can be associated with
> 1 and only 1 child table records. This means that:
>
> * Some records of the *table_p* will link to records of *table_ch1*
> * Some records of the *table_p* will link to records of *table_ch2*
> * Some records of the *table_p* will link to records of *table_ch3*
>
> At first look, this does not make very much sense to me. I thought about
> considering 3 parent tables, one for each child table. However, the 3
> parent tables would have the same exact structure and I would like to know
> if there is a workaround for this issue.
>
You are thinking of it backwards. Your chN tables will have FK pointing
back to the p table. I suggest adding some kind of type column to the p
table indicating which chN table the row belongs to. Then have the same
column on the chN table with a check constraint. The key is then the id
and that type. You can, with a bit of effort, ensure a row exists on the
chN table for every row on the p table but it is circular so must be
deferred in enforcement.
David J.
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