Re: INSERT value of type table

From: "Frank Contrepois" <sokak(at)tin(dot)it>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: INSERT value of type table
Date: 2001-05-30 21:31:54
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> exemple:
> CRETAE TABLE Address (Number integer, Street varchar, city varchar, contry
> varchar);
> CREATE TABLE Person (Name varchar, addr Address);
> INSERT INTO addrerss VALUES ( 5, 'rue du pont', 'Lyon', 'France');
> The question is :
> How we can insert a new person whose address is that inserted in the
> table of the addresses.

CREATE TABLE Address (Number integer PRIMARY KEY, Street varchar, City
varchar, Country varchar)
CREATE TABLE Person (Name varchar, addr integer REFERENCES TO Address)

this is called a FOREIGN KEY.. look at some doc for it. this is the way
Relational DB works
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