I can't help you with your main problem, as I usually use a tool for creating/altering tables, but I will say this: create a pk or identity for your entries table. For that matter, every table ever should have an identity.
--Ben Daniel Kessler wrote: > I am creating a DB to monitor the number of steps our faculty uses on > their pedometers. > I have two tables, one for login and the other for the step entries. > I can't get the table for the step entries to CREATE. It gives me > the error, "no matching unique or primary key for this column-list." > It references the login table. > > Here are the two tables. > > create table marathon_login ( > marathon_id NUMBER Primary Key, > marathon_date_added date, > marathon_fname VARCHAR2(100), > marathon_lname VARCHAR2(100), > marathon_email VARCHAR2(100), > marathon_type VARCHAR2(100) > ) > > create table marathon_entries ( > marathon_id NUMBER REFERENCES marathon_login(marathon_id), > marathon_date_added date, > marathon_type VARCHAR2(100) REFERENCES marathon_login(marathon_type), > marathon_data_date date, > marathon_entry VARCHAR2(10) > ) > > btw, any other comments on these tables or their structure is > welcome. I'm pretty new to all this. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184281 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
