Re: [Q] Foreign Keys

From: Robert Jones <rjj_at_dryland.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 13:04:59 GMT
Message-ID: <AB4FF17B966864029_at_dryland.demon.co.uk>


In article <3ev238$5ea_at_abacus.tis.tandy.com>, bpearc1_at_abacus.tis.tandy.com (Byron Pearce) wrote:

>I know that the table name and the name of the foreign key constraint
>are kept in the R_OWNER R_CONSTRAINT_NAME columns, but where is the
>name of the column on the referenced table that the FOREIGN KEY is
>referencing?

Not much help this. I have been trying to do this in a RPT recently. It looks
as you have to follow the constraint name through the views to find the columns for it in USER_CONS_COLUMNS. Havent had time to do this yet so don't know if it works ok.


rjj_at_dryland.demon.co.uk         Kalamazoo ANSWER Limited
rjj_at_ix.compulink.co.uk          Oracle Software House
                                All opinions are mine, all mine.
      
Received on Sat Jan 28 1995 - 14:04:59 CET

Original text of this message