Obedience Training For Databases: Cascading Constraints

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Obedience Training For Databases: Cascading Constraints

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cbowman Valued Member Points: 72 More actions · Answer 1

Am I missing something ( probably am), but I don't see how or why this is better than using a surrogate key and join clause. If it needs to be simple for queries, write a view.

Charles Kincaid SSChampion Points: 13593 More actions · Answer 2

The point of the tiny fact table and foreign key is that to add new items is an INSERT. To change the check constraint you must drop the old check constraint and add the revised version back.

ATBCharles Kincaid

John Corkett SSCrazy Points: 2270 More actions · Answer 3

Neither do you need a join. In a view you would still be using a join.

Thanks,

John