Re: BUG #2771: NULL values in FOREIGN KEY fields

From: "Jaime Casanova" <systemguards(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: vincent <vincent(at)iim(dot)nctu(dot)edu(dot)tw>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #2771: NULL values in FOREIGN KEY fields
Date: 2006-11-21 02:03:15
Message-ID: c2d9e70e0611201803g7d630698ibf1572ec586aa85@mail.gmail.com
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On 11/20/06, vincent <vincent(at)iim(dot)nctu(dot)edu(dot)tw> wrote:
> When insert a null value in foreign key fields, an error occurs.
>
> CREATE TABLE TGroup (
> C_Group_ID CHAR(8) NOT NULL,
> C_Group_Name VARCHAR(50),
> C_Group_Parent CHAR(8) NOT NULL,
> CONSTRAINT TGroup_C_Group_Parent_fkey FOREIGN KEY (C_Group_Parent)

That's because your C_Group_Parent column has a Not Null constraint
and you can't insert null values in a Not Null columns

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Jaime Casanova

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