Re: foreign key pointing to diff schema?

> On 8/10/07, gherzig(at)fmed(dot)uba(dot)ar <gherzig(at)fmed(dot)uba(dot)ar> wrote:
>> Hi all. Can i make a FK who points a table in a different schema? Or
>> this
>> is implemented via a trigger by my own?
>
> Sure. just prefix the table name with the schemaname and a .
>
> create schema abc;
> alter user me set search_path='abc', 'public';
> create table z1 (id int primary key);
> \d z1
> Table "abc.z1"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> --------+---------+-----------
> id | integer | not null
> Indexes:
> "z1_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
>
> (Note the abc.z1 there)
> create schema test3;
> create table test3.z2 (id int primary key, z1id int references
> abc.z1(id));
> \d test3.z2
> Table "test3.z2"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> --------+---------+-----------
> id | integer | not null
> z1id | integer |
> Indexes:
> "z2_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
> Foreign-key constraints:
> "z2_z1id_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (z1id) REFERENCES z1(id)
>
>
> basically, schemas are just distinct name spaces.
>
Im sory, that was just a matter of trying and see, isnt? I guess i need a
beer :) Thanks for the example and the explanation!

Gerardo