PROBLEM WITH FOREIGN KEY

From: "Mario Alberto Soto Cordones" <mario_soto(at)compuall(dot)cl>
To: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: PROBLEM WITH FOREIGN KEY
Date: 2003-03-18 16:32:54
Message-ID: 2132.192.168.1.100.1048005174.squirrel@www.compuall.cl
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hi.

i have a big problem...

i have created a 2 table cumacar and cumaasi,

the structure is

CUMACAR

cuidcar char(2)
cucodcar numeric(2)
cudescar varchar(35)
cuempcar numeric(2)
primary key (cucodcar, cuempcar)

CUMAASI

cucodasi numeric 3
cudesasi varchar 60
cucarasi numeric 2
cuempasi numeric 2
primary key (cucarasi, cucodasi, cuempasi)

i try create a foreing key and say:

Error - /var/www/html/phpPgAdmin/sql.php -- Line: 112
PostgreSQL ha dicho: ERROR: cumaasi_fk_cumacar referential integrity
violation - key referenced from cumaasi not found in cumacar
Your query:
ALTER TABLE cumaasi
ADD CONSTRAINT cumaasi_fk_cumacar
FOREIGN KEY(cucarasi, cuempasi)
REFERENCES
cumacar (cucodcar, cuempcar)

PLEASE HELP ME

sorry for my englis... i live in chile...

thank you

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