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Using One Composite Foreign Key Value As Foreign Key In Another Table

  • October 10, 2013 at 9:55 am

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    Good day all!!! I have the tables, as in image above, and I'm trying to create the relationships. I got stuck at creating a relationship between tables 'member_provider' and 'dependant_provider'.

    As you can see, member_provider has a composite primary key that is made up of to foreign keys 'Member_RowID' and 'Provider_RowID'. I want to maintain this composite primary key and then create a relationship with dependant_provider using Member_Provider_RowID. I have tried adding Member_Provider_RowID to the composite key in member_provider but when I try to create the relationship I get the following error:

    "The columns in table 'member_provider' do not match an existing primary key or UNIQUE constraint"

    How would I go about maintaining the the uniqueness of the tables two columns.

    I'm using MSSql Server 2008...

    Thanx in advance.

  • October 10, 2013 at 7:02 pm

    #1657766

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