I have this structure:
CREATE TABLE invoicelineitemtypes (
invoicelineitemtypeid varchar(36) PRIMARY KEY,
otherstuff varchar(36)
);
CREATE TABLE invoicelineiteminventorytypes (
moresetuff varchar(36)
)
INHERITS (invoicelineitemtypes);
CREATE TABLE invoicelines (
invoicelineitemtypeid varchar(36) REFERENCES
invoicelineitemtypes ON DELETE CASCADE,
otherstuff varchar(36)
);
INSERT INTO invoicelineiteminventorytypes (invoicelineitemtypeid)
VALUES ('1234');
The following insert:
INSERT INTO invoicelines (invoicelineitemtypeid) VALUES ('1234');
invokes
"insert or update on table "invoicelines" violates foreign key
constraint "invoicelines_invoicelineitemtypeid_fkey"
Now, the rec with id '1234' is in the table
invoicelineiteminventorytypes, but I can't wrap my head around the
fact that
SELECT invoicelineitemtypeid FROM invoicelineitemtypes
yields the rec with invoicelineitemtypeid '1234', yet I can't
reference it in the invoicelines INSERT statement.
Am I missing something? Is there a workaround for this?
PostgreSQL 8.0.1 running on OS X 10.4.2.
Garrett
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