How to provide primary key for multiple column in a single table using PostgreSQL?
Example:
Create table "Test"
(
"SlNo" int not null primary key,
"EmpID" int not null, /* Want to become primary key */
"Empname" varchar(50) null,
"EmpAddress" varchar(50) null
);
Note: I want to make "EmpID" also a primary key.
There can only be one primary key per table - as indicated by the word "primary".
You can have additional UNIQUE columns like:
CREATE TABLE test(
sl_no int PRIMARY KEY, -- NOT NULL due to PK
emp_id int UNIQUE NOT NULL,
emp_name text,
emp_addr text
);
Columns that are (part of) the PRIMARY KEY are marked NOT NULL automatically.
Or use a table constraint instead of a column constraint to create a single multicolumn primary key. This is semantically different from the above: Now, only the combination of both columns must be unique, each column can hold duplicates on its own.
CREATE TABLE test(
sl_no int, -- NOT NULL due to PK below
emp_id int , -- NOT NULL due to PK below
emp_name text,
emp_addr text,
PRIMARY KEY (sl_no, emp_id)
);
Multicolumn UNIQUE constraints are possible, too.
Aside: Don't use CaMeL-case identifiers in Postgres. Use legal, lower-case identifiers so you never have to use double-quotes. Makes your life easier. See:
Are PostgreSQL column names case-sensitive?
In case you want to specify the name of the primary key constraint:
CREATE TABLE test(
sl_no int not null,
emp_id int not null,
emp_name text,
emp_addr text,
constraint pk_test primary key (sl_no, emp_id)
);
Source: https://www.postgresqltutorial.com/postgresql-primary-key/
Related
I want to create 3 tables and join them with foreign keys. Unfortunately, it doesn't work and I have no idea where is a mistake.
CREATE TABLE Students (
Student_Id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
Name VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,
Surname VARCHAR (30) NOT NULL,
Date_of_Birth DATE NOT NULL,
Phone INT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
Email VARCHAR(225) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
Course_Id INT
FOREIGN KEY (Course_Id) REFERENCES Course (Course_Id)
);
CREATE TABLE Course (
Course_Id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
Student_Id INT NOT NULL,
Teacher_Id INT NOT NULL,
Category VARCHAR (30) NOT NULL,
FOREIGN KEY (Student_Id) REFERENCES Students (Student_Id)
);
CREATE TABLE Teachers (
Teacher_Id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
Name VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,
Surname VARCHAR (30) NOT NULL,
Phone INT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
Salary INT NOT NULL,
Course_Id INT NOT NULL,
FOREIGN KEY (Teacher_Id) REFERENCES Course (Teacher_Id)
);
I should create a Foreign Key to join all three tables.
I get this error every time: relation "course" does not exist
I can't find where is the mistake. Please help.
It appears like you are attempting to crate a many-to-many (M:M) between Students and Teachers with Course as the resolution table. You are close, however, your definition sets up bi-directional relationships. This is normally not necessary. Define Students and Teachers without the FK to Course. Then define Course with a FK to each.
create table students (
student_id serial primary key
, name varchar (20) not null
, surname varchar (30) not null
, date_of_birth date not null
, phone int not null unique
, email varchar(225) not null unique
);
create table teachers (
teacher_id serial primary key
, name varchar (20) not null
, surname varchar (30) not null
, phone int not null unique
, salary int not null
);
create table course (
course_id serial primary key
, student_id int not null
, teacher_id int not null
, category varchar (30) not null
, foreign key (student_id) references students (student_id)
, foreign key (teacher_id) references teachers (teacher_id)
, unique (student_id, teacher_id)
);
If you must define bi-directional FK in Students and Teachers then create the tables without the FK then use alter table after Course is defined to add the FK and make them DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED. Necessary for eventual Inserts.
alter table teachers add column course_id int references course(course_id) deferrable initially deferred;
alter table students add column course_id int references course(course_id) deferrable initially deferred;
I can not add a referential constraint, both tables has the two columns id and version as primary key. I will only check the integrity that the row is existing without checking version.
CREATE TABLE TABLEE
(ID INTEGER NOT NULL,
VERSION INTEGER NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ID , VERSION);
CREATE TABLE CHAIR
(ID INTEGER NOT NULL,
VERSION INTEGER NOT NULL,
ID_TABLEE INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (ID , VERSION);
ALTER Chair
ADD constraint MYC FOREIGN KEY (ID)
REFERENCES TABLEE (ID)
ON DELETE RESTRICT
Got this error
[Code: -573, SQL State: 42890] A column list specified in the references clause of constraint "MYC " does not identify a unique constraint of the parent table or nickname "TABLEE".. SQLCODE=-573, SQLSTATE=42890, DRIVER=4.28.11
The problem here is that Tablee its primary key consists of two columns id and version. But the integrity check should only be made on the referenced id, not version.
To establish a foreign key on a table the referenced column needs to:
Be a primary key on the other table.
...or at least act as one.
Since you already have a primary key on the referenced table, you can use the second approach and add a UNIQUE and NOT NULL constraints on ID.
For example:
CREATE TABLE TABLEE (
ID INTEGER NOT NULL,
VERSION INTEGER NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ID , VERSION),
constraint uq1 unique (id) -- added UNIQUE constraint on ID
);
CREATE TABLE CHAIR (
ID INTEGER NOT NULL,
VERSION INTEGER NOT NULL,
ID_TABLEE INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (ID , VERSION)
);
ALTER table Chair
ADD constraint MYC FOREIGN KEY (ID)
REFERENCES TABLEE (ID)
ON DELETE RESTRICT;
See running example at db<>fiddle.
Note: If you want ID to have repeated values over the table, then ID is not a key, and cannot be referenced as one.
Hey I have a Postgres database that has a Schema with
CREATE TABLE Mentor (
mentor_ID serial unique,
person_ID serial not null unique,
career_history varchar(255) not null,
preferred_communication varchar(50) not null,
mentoring_preference varchar(50) not null,
linked_in varchar(100) not null,
capacity int not null,
feedback_rating int,
feeback_comment varchar(255),
PRIMARY KEY (mentor_ID),
CONSTRAINT fk_person FOREIGN KEY (person_ID) REFERENCES Person(person_ID)
);
CREATE TABLE Mentee(
mentee_ID integer not null unique,
mentor_ID serial references Mentor(mentor_ID),
person_ID serial not null unique,
study_year int,
motivation varchar(50),
interests varchar(255),
random_match boolean default false,
PRIMARY KEY (mentee_ID),
CONSTRAINT fk_person FOREIGN KEY (person_ID) REFERENCES Person(person_ID)
);
With this, i expect to be able to enter null values for mentor_ID in my database but when I enter the query
insert into mentee(mentee_ID, mentor_ID, person_ID) VALUES (12313, null, 1)
I get the violation
ERROR: null value in column "mentor_id" of relation "mentee" violates not-null constraint
I was wondering how I could make it so I can insert null values for mentor_ID? I dont have it as not null in the table but it still says violating not null constraint.
Thank you
Because serial is not null.
serial is...
CREATE SEQUENCE tablename_colname_seq AS integer;
CREATE TABLE tablename (
colname integer NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('tablename_colname_seq')
);
ALTER SEQUENCE tablename_colname_seq OWNED BY tablename.colname;
Note the integer not null. This is because serial is to be used for primary keys, not foreign keys. Foreign keys are always assigned, they don't need to auto increment.
Use a plain integer.
mentor_ID integer references Mentor(mentor_ID)
Same for your other foreign keys.
Notes:
identity is the SQL standard way to do auto incremented primary keys.
You don't need to declare primary keys as unique, primary keys are already unique.
Unless there's a specific reason to constrain the size of a text field, use text. varchar and text only use the necessary amount of space for each row. "foo" will take the same amount of space in varchar(10) as in varchar(255). For example, there's no particular reason to limit the size of their linked in nor motivation.
I'm currently trying the inheritance system with PostgreSQL but I have a problem with the auto-increment index in my child tables.
I have three tables: "Currency", "Crypto" and "Stable"
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.currency
(
id INT GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(30) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
symbol VARCHAR(10) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.stable (id INT GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY) INHERITS (public.currency);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.crypto (id INT GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY) INHERITS (public.currency);
I insered my data like this:
INSERT INTO public.stable (name, symbol) VALUES ('Euro', '€'), ('Dollar', '$'), ('Tether', 'USDT');
INSERT INTO public.crypto (name, symbol) VALUES ('Bitcoin', 'BTC'), ('Ethereum', 'ETH'), ('Litcoin', 'LTC');
But this is my problem: I would like to have a unique identifier that increments itself through my parent table "Currency".
When I select, I have (take a look in my id: 1,2,3,1,2,3):
But, Is it possible to have something like this instead (1,2,3,4,5,6):
Is it a problem in my primary key?
Thank you
We can try to use create sequence to set row numbers for sharing between multiple tables.
define a new sequence generator
create sequence n_id;
Then we can use this sequence as below, sharing this sequence for those three tables.
create sequence n_id;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS currency
(
id INT default nextval('n_id') PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(30) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
symbol VARCHAR(10) UNIQUE NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS stable (id INT default nextval('n_id') PRIMARY KEY) INHERITS (currency);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS crypto (id INT default nextval('n_id') PRIMARY KEY) INHERITS (currency);
sqlfiddle
cannot add foreign key constraint to table
create table users
(
user_id int auto_increment primary key not null,
username varchar(50) unique null ,
email varchar(50) unique ,
passwords varchar(50) not null,
login_status boolean not null
);
create table category (
category_id int primary key not null,
category_name varchar(50) not null
);
create table answers (
id_answer int auto_increment primary key not null,
answer boolean not null
);
create table questions (
question_id int primary key not null,
category_name varchar(50) not null,
content varchar(50) not null ,
foreign key (category_name) references category (category_name)
);
You get this error because there's no index on category_name in the category table. Change that CREATE statement as follows:
create table category (
category_id int primary key not null,
category_name varchar(50) not null,
KEY category_name_index (category_name)
);
From the docs (8.0 version, but the statement is true for older versions):
MySQL requires indexes on foreign keys and referenced keys so that foreign key checks can be fast and not require a table scan. In the referencing table, there must be an index where the foreign key columns are listed as the first columns in the same order. Such an index is created on the referencing table automatically if it does not exist. This index might be silently dropped later, if you create another index that can be used to enforce the foreign key constraint. index_name, if given, is used as described previously.
Also, you're using a varchar(50) as your foreign key, which is not usually a great idea for a variety of reasons. You probably want to use a numeric value, such as category_id, instead.