Re: [GENERAL] Multiple foreign keys with the same name and information_schema

2011-04-14 Thread nothing
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Re: [GENERAL] Multiple foreign keys with the same name and information_schema

2009-08-10 Thread Jonathan Tapicer
> > Actually, the information_schema supposes that constraint names are > unique within a *schema*, not within a *catalog* (a/k/a database). > Don't know if that distinction can help you or not.  You are correct > that Postgres is less rigid.  We do not consider that to be a deficiency > on the Pos

Re: [GENERAL] Multiple foreign keys with the same name and information_schema

2009-08-10 Thread Tom Lane
Jonathan Tapicer writes: > I was a able to do it using the pg_catalog tables, but I haven't found > a way to do it using information_schema since it relies on foreign > keys names being unique in the same catalog. Is this a known > limitation? Actually, the information_schema supposes that constr

[GENERAL] Multiple foreign keys with the same name and information_schema

2009-08-10 Thread Jonathan Tapicer
Hello everyone, I have a question regarding foreign keys and information_schema. Given the following valid schema: CREATE TABLE "Cat" ( "IdCat" serial NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT "PK_Cat" PRIMARY KEY ("IdCat") ); CREATE TABLE "Art" ( "IdArt" serial NOT NULL, "IdCat" integer NOT NULL, CONSTRAIN

Re: [GENERAL] Multiple foreign keys on same field

2004-12-15 Thread Ciprian Popovici
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:00:45 -0700 Michael Fuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you mean that you don't need foreign key constraints to enforce > referential integrity, but only to cascade changes to another table? > If so, have you considered using triggers instead? Or have I > misunderstood what

Re: [GENERAL] Multiple foreign keys on same field

2004-12-13 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 02:06:24AM +0200, Ciprian Popovici wrote: > I'm in a situation where it would be useful to bind a field in a table via > foreign keys to N other tables simultaneously. The table holds a common > type of info which all those other tables use. The many tables refer to the > c

Re: [GENERAL] Multiple foreign keys on same field

2004-12-13 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 02:06:24 +0200, Ciprian Popovici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in a situation where it would be useful to bind a field in a table via > foreign keys to N other tables simultaneously. The table holds a common > type of info which all those other tables use. The many tabl

[GENERAL] Multiple foreign keys on same field

2004-12-13 Thread Ciprian Popovici
I'm in a situation where it would be useful to bind a field in a table via foreign keys to N other tables simultaneously. The table holds a common type of info which all those other tables use. The many tables refer to the common table by keeping references to its serial field. By doing this, I co

[GENERAL] Multiple Foreign Keys

2000-11-17 Thread Jason Burke
I was wondering if there is any way to set up a foreign key that is valid not just if the value exists in one table but if it exists in any of 3 tables. Here is what I mean. I have a sequence called 'id_number' that I start at 1 and increment by 1 every time its used. I then have 3 tables each