Re: [SQL] quastions about primary key

2003-01-25 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 12:29:12 +1000, jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I try use uique instead of primary key. And it works, it allows null values. > Is there any other difference between primary key and unique? I believe that the primary key is the default key for foreign key references i

Re: [SQL] quastions about primary key

2003-01-25 Thread jack
TECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:14 AM Subject: Re: [SQL] quastions about primary key > On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, jack wrote: > > > Is that possible to have a two columns primary key on a table with null > > value on second column? > > No, because primary key i

Re: [SQL] quastions about primary key

2003-01-24 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, jack wrote: > Is that possible to have a two columns primary key on a table with null > value on second column? No, because primary key implies not null on all columns involved (technically I think it's that a non-deferrable primary key implies not null on all columns involve

Re: [SQL] quastions about primary key

2003-01-24 Thread Tomasz Myrta
jack wrote: Is that possible to have a two columns primary key on a table with null value on second column? Jack Probably not, because (1,2,null,null) is unique for postresql. Watch discussion on mailing list about unique indexes (on which primary key is based) several days ago. Regards, Tomasz

[SQL] quastions about primary key

2003-01-23 Thread jack
Is that possible to have a two columns primary key on a table with null value on second column? Jack ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that