I think a check will also work but I second triggers. Thanks, ~Ben
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 2:21 PM Rob Sargent <robjsarg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 8/7/19 12:07 PM, stan wrote: > > Have table that contains employee keys, paired up with work type keys > > (both foreign keys) and a 3rd column that you enter a billing rate in. > > Then I have a table where employees enter their work. I need to > validate > > that the employee, work type pair exists, before allowing the new > record > > to be inserted. > > > > Any thoughts as to good way to do this? > > > > > Does the employee interactively specify the "work type" then some > time-spent value? > > Can the work-type be chosen from a drop-down generated by > > select work_type from table where employee = <current user> > > Otherwise you'll need a trigger on the insert into "enter their work" > table. Sad thing here is the user has likely left the scene. > > > >
