Re: Making Complicated References

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: "Daniel R(dot) Anderson" <dan(at)mathjunkies(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Making Complicated References
Date: 2003-03-30 18:19:51
Message-ID: 20030330181951.GA27579@wolff.to
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On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 03:06:46 +0000,
"Daniel R. Anderson" <dan(at)mathjunkies(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have tables A, B, and C. foo within Table B & C references foo in
> table A. I want bar in table C to reference bar in table B -- but I
> want it to reference only those bars in B with a foo that is the same.
>
> Is that possible?

If foo + bar is a candidate key for B, then you can use a multicolumn
foriegn key. If foo + bar isn't a candidate key for B, then I think you
will need to explain more about what you are trying to do.

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