Re: [GENERAL] Inserting rows containing composite foreign keys

2013-11-26 Thread Nelson Green
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:15:45 +0100 Nelson Green, 25.11.2013 23:01: Hello, When inserting a record into the jobs table that references projects by name, do I have to query the projects table twice, once to get the funding source number, and once to

[GENERAL] Inserting rows containing composite foreign keys

2013-11-25 Thread Nelson Green
Hello, I have a question regarding inserting a row into a child table when the PK of the parent table is a composite key. In this case, I have funding sources that buy projects, and projects generate jobs. Project numbers are not universally unique, but are unique to funding source. Therefore

Re: [GENERAL] Inserting rows containing composite foreign keys

2013-11-25 Thread Thomas Kellerer
Nelson Green, 25.11.2013 23:01: Hello, When inserting a record into the jobs table that references projects by name, do I have to query the projects table twice, once to get the funding source number, and once to get the project sequence number, even though both results will return the