Re: [INTERFACES] Foreign Keys
Byron Nikolaidis <byronn@insightdist.com>
From: Byron Nikolaidis <byronn@insightdist.com>
To: Michael Davis <michael.davis@prevuenet.com>
Cc: "'pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org'" <pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org>, pgsql postgres <pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1999-02-25T15:37:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-sql
Michael Davis wrote: > What is the possibility of recording foreign keys (a partial foreign key > implementation) in the database such that the ODBC interface can correctly > report them to client applications? This would require an enhancement to > Postgres and to the ODBC driver for Postgres. I have a problem with Access > 97 not working properly with forms that contain sub forms representing > parent/child or master/detail tables. For example: orders and orderlines. > I think this is caused by the lack of foreign key support. I am basing this > The driver does support SQLForeignKeys. It does say it supports this function in SQLFunctions. However, the current implementation is based on the SPI/trigger stuff from the pg_trigger table. If you don't have any trigger info, then SQLForeignKeys will not report anything. This is most likely the problem. Byron