Re: [SQL] How to set up a simple relational database

From: Chris <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com>
To: James Macken <jmac(at)nemesis(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] How to set up a simple relational database
Date: 2000-02-16 10:03:45
Message-ID: 38AA7601.16B5BCB6@bitmead.com
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create table staff (name text, packageid int);
create table package (id int, amount text);
SELECT * from staff, package where staff.packageid=package.id;

James Macken wrote:
>
> Can someone demonstrate for me how to set up a simple relational database
> using the psql interactive prompt and two tables.
>
> For example: table 1 can be staff member and table 2 can be salary package
> with a one-to-many relationship (there would be a foreign key in table Staff
> Member which determined what salary package a staff member had.
>
> Can someone show me the commands to create the two tables, establish the
> relationship between them and query the two tables so that it lists the
> staff member and his/her wages (using the relationship)?
>
> It seems hard to find examples anywhere.
>
> James
>
> ************

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