FK-like constraint referencing union of external tables?
From: <mh_at_pixar.com>
Date: 21 Aug 2009 01:33:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4a8df97f$0$463$366e932_at_news.usenetserver.com>
I have a situation which (simplified) looks like this:
Date: 21 Aug 2009 01:33:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4a8df97f$0$463$366e932_at_news.usenetserver.com>
I have a situation which (simplified) looks like this:
Table UNITS has a PK on UNITS.NAME. (unit name, varchar(12)) Table DEPTS has a PK on DEPTS.NAME. (dept name, varchar(12))
I want to create a table with column UNIT_NAME_OR_DEPT_NAME, with the requirement that data in this column must be either a valid unit name or a valid department name.
I tried adding two FK constraints, but found this gave me the intersection rather than the union of the two tables.
CONSTRAINT FOO_FK1 FOREIGN KEY(NAME) REFERENCES UNITS(NAME) ENABLE, CONSTRAINT FOO_FK2 FOREIGN KEY(NAME) REFERENCES DEPTS(NAME) ENABLE,
How can I create a FK or other constraint that would me to reference the union of two tables?
Many TIA!!
Mark
-- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation StudiosReceived on Thu Aug 20 2009 - 20:33:52 CDT