From: | "Ryan Vaughan" <ryanv(at)mminternet(dot)com> |
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To: | <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | composite primary key to foreign key |
Date: | 2004-03-12 19:52:05 |
Message-ID: | twig.1079121125.97560@mminternet.com |
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I have a table with 4 columns, 3 of which make up a composite primary key.
None of these columns are unique, but the combination of the the three
primary keys will be unique:
CREATE TABLE Table1 (
col1 integer,
col2 varchar(20),
col3 varchar(20),
col4 varchar(20),
CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY (col1, col3, col4)
);
In another table I have 3 columns:
CREATE TABLE Table2 (
field1 integer,
field2 integer,
field3 integer,
);
I'd like to have field2 in table2 be a foreign key of col1 in table1. Since
col1 is not unique, is this possible or do I have to either bring in
extraneous data from table1...col1, col2, and col3, or create some unique
counter in table1 to use as reference? All I care about in field2 of table2
is that it matches something in col1 in table1, I don't want the other data
in table1. I've searched archives but maybe I'm not looking for the right
thing. Thanks.
-Ryan
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