At 05:40 AM 4/3/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Is is possible to create a FOREIGN KEY constraint that references to a
>remote table through DATABASE LINK?
>
>From the Oracle 8i SQL Reference, Volume 2 (PN A76988-01), page 7-240,
about halfway down the page:
"The child and parent tables must be on the same database. To enable
referential integrity constraints across nodes of a distributed database,
you must use database triggers".
Sorry about the tone. Fairly cranky today.
Dennis Taylor
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