RE: [SQL] Trigger question

I would not store the last name in the employee_payroll table. I the
primary should be something like an employee_id. This would eliminate the
need to update the employee_payroll table every time an employee name
changes.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam H. Pendleton [SMTP:apendleton(at)vgsinc(dot)com]
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 11:38 AM
> To: pgsql-sql(at)hub(dot)org
> Subject: [SQL] Trigger question
>
> I have a dilema, and I'm not sure what the best way to go about solving it
> is. I have a table called employee_master, and a table called
> employee_payroll. The primary key for both tables is the employee name.
> It
> would be easy for me to set up a trigger that checked the master table
> when
> inserting into the payroll table to make sure the employee exists. My
> problem is this: The employee names are stored Last, First in both
> tables.
> The data file I am parsing to insert into the payroll table contains just
> the last name. Now I can make a trigger that uses a 'like' and checks the
> employees division as well to ensure that they are in the employee_master,
> but how do I update with just the last name? I don't want to insert, I
> need
> to be able to update the data in the row.
>
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