Re: Advice on key design

Hi Jorge,

In your case it would be lpp_id as PK, and
lpp_person_id,lpp_language_id as unique constraint

Thanks,
Anton

On Jul 23, 2013, at 23:45, JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I have 2 tables, a parent (tbl_persons) and a child (tbl_languages_per_person) as follows (a language table is also involved):
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> tbl_persons
> ------------------
> * per_id
> * per_name
> * per_address
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> --------------------------------------
> tbl_languages_per_person
> --------------------------------------
> * lpp_person_id
> * lpp_language_id
> * lpp_id
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> As you can see, there is an obvious key in the child table which is "lpp_person_id + lpp_language_id", but I also need the field "lpp_id" as a unique key which is a field that contains a consecutive number of type serial.
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> My question is: what should I configure as the primary key, "lpp_person_id + lpp_language_id" or "lpp_id"?
> Is the role of a primary key different from that of a unique index?
>
> With respect,
> Jorge Maldonado
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