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meichner

Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 12:46 PM

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Given the following 3 tables:

Sales Order - Primary Key SOID
Sales Order Detail - Primary Key SOID and Line #
Shipping Details - Primary Key SOID and Line #

I put a contraint on the Sales Order Detail to make sure the SOID is in the Sales Order Table.

I put a constraint on the Shipping Details to make sure that the SOID and the Line # exist in the Sales Order Detail.

Is it a good or a bad idea to add another constraint to the Shipping Details table to make sure that the SOID exists in the Sales Order Table? It seems redundant to me but I don't have enough experience to know if I am correct or not.

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Lynn Pettis

Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 1:03 PM

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meichner (6/1/2009)

I put a constraint on the Shipping Details to make sure that the SOID and the Line # exist in the Sales Order Detail.

... It seems redundant to me ...

Thanks

I think you have answered your question right here.

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meichner

Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 1:18 PM

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Lynn Pettis (6/1/2009)

meichner (6/1/2009)

I put a constraint on the Shipping Details to make sure that the SOID and the Line # exist in the Sales Order Detail.

... It seems redundant to me ...

Thanks

I think you have answered your question right here.

Thanks for the fast response. As I said, I don't have enough experience to know if I was correct or not.

Thanks again

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