Re: about creating DB

From: "Brett W(dot) McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net>
To: hiroko <h_ogawa(at)rnk(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: about creating DB
Date: 2001-03-26 03:13:08
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0103252212100.11048-100000@chapelperilous.net
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, hiroko wrote:

> we're switching our system from Unix-version to Linux-version,
> and from SQLplus to PostgreSQL
>
> the questions are about CREATING DB
>
> I found that FOREIGN KEY clause, which we need for our DB, is not
> implemented on PostgreSQL.
> that means you can't use DELETE CASCADE clause neither.
>
> is there some alternative way for them????
> llike, can't you use CHECK clause instead for them???

Foreign keys have been available in PostgreSQL since version 7.0. Please
see the online documentation.

-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/btfwk/
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