Re: [SQL] Unique Constraint with foreign Key

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten Hilbert
> > or Can i have varchar types of size 50 as primary keys in Postgres. > Yes. But unless the 50 character limit comes from a business rule, you > might want to use the type 'text'. And if that limit does come from a business rule you might want to think twice whether using columns constrained by

Re: [SQL] Unique Constraint with foreign Key

2004-05-17 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 12:03:36 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all i am using postgres and torque > I have a column x in Table A of type varchar and NOT NULL. I want to > impose a unique key constraint on that table and column y is the primary > key. > I have another Table B with column x.

Re: [SQL] Unique Constraint with foreign Key

2004-02-17 Thread Greg Patnude
essage- From: Jan Wieck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:42 AM To: Greg Patnude Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SQL] Unique Constraint with foreign Key Greg Patnude wrote: > Pleas also note that the referenced column in the foreign table either needs > to be th

Re: [SQL] Unique Constraint with foreign Key

2004-02-17 Thread Jan Wieck
Greg Patnude wrote: Pleas also note that the referenced column in the foreign table either needs to be the PRIMARY KEY or have a unique constraint on it or maybe it just requires an index on it -- I'm not sure but I discovered that if the column in the foreign table (containing the REFERENCED key..

Re: [SQL] Unique Constraint with foreign Key

2004-02-15 Thread Greg Patnude
Pleas also note that the referenced column in the foreign table either needs to be the PRIMARY KEY or have a unique constraint on it or maybe it just requires an index on it -- I'm not sure but I discovered that if the column in the foreign table (containing the REFERENCED key...) is NOT the primar

[SQL] Unique Constraint with foreign Key

2004-02-10 Thread mohan
Hi all i am using postgres and torque I have a column x in Table A of type varchar and NOT NULL. I want to impose a unique key constraint on that table and column y is the primary key. I have another Table B with column x. can i make this column x as a foreign key on column x in table A. or Can i h