Re: REFERENCES constraint

From: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Cedar Cox <cedarc(at)visionforisrael(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: REFERENCES constraint
Date: 2001-08-08 16:30:43
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Cedar,

(sorry for the double posting, folks)

> 2. Can a column reference another column in the same table? eg..
>
> CREATE TABLE bloo (
> id int4,
> p_id int4 REFERENCES bloo (id)
> -- or
> --p_id int4 REFERENCES (id)
> )

You don't do this with REFERENCES ... you do it with a CHECK CONSTRAINT
(look it up in the docs).

-Josh Berkus

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