Foreign Key To Multiple Tables
May 9, 2008
Starting with an example will make explaining this much easier.
I have two (or more) tables defined as follows.
Code SnippetTable1 Table2
Id [uniqueidentifier] Id [uniqueidentifier]
[...] [...]
Now, I would like to create a table Table3 that has its own primary key and references Table1 OR Table2.
Code Snippet
Table2
Id [uniqueidentifier]
ForeignId [uniqueidentifier, references Table1 or Table2]
This would enable me to insert any value into ForeignId that is present as the Id field in Table1 or Table2. Is this possible?
Best regards,
Till
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Feb 12, 2014
Is there any possibility to create a foreign key references more than one tables.
say for example,
Create table sample1(id int primary key)
Create table sample2(id int primary key)
Create table sample3(
id int primary key,
CONSTRAINT fk1 FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES sample1 (ID),CONSTRAINT fk1 FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES sample2 (ID))
this shows no error while creating, but in the data insertion it shows error..
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Apr 9, 2007
I want to create a table withmember id(primary key for Students,faculty and staff [Tables])and now i want to create issues[Tables] with foreign key as member idbut in references i could not able to pass on reference as orcondition for students, faculty and staff.Thank You,Chirag
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Mar 21, 2008
Hi! I have a general SQL CE v3.5 design question related to table/file layout. I have an system that has multiple tables that fall into categories of data access. The 3 categories of data access are:
1 is for configuration-related data. There is one application that will read/write to the data, and a second application that will read the data on startup.
1 is for high-performance temporal storage of data. The data objects are all the same type, but they are our own custom object and not just simple types.
1 is for logging where the data will be permanent - unless the configured size/recycling settings cause a resize or cleanup. There will be one application writing alot [potentially] of data depending on log settings, and another application searching/reading sections of data.
When working with data and designing the layout, I like to approach things from a data-centric mindset, because this seems to result in a better performing system. That said, I am thinking about using 3 individual SDF files for the above data access scenarios - as opposed to a single SDF with multiple tables. I'm thinking this would provide better performance in SQL CE because the query engine will not have alot of different types of queries going against the same database file. For instance, the temporal storage is basically reading/writing/deleting various amounts of data. And, this is different from the logging, where the log can grow pretty large - definitely bigger than the default 128 MB. So, it seems logical to manage them separately.
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions from the SQL CE experts with regard to my approach. If there are any tips/tricks with respect to different data access scenarios - taking into account performance, type of data access, etc. - I would love to take a look at that.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions,
Bob
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Jun 25, 2004
What are the possible issues I could run in to having multiple foreign keys in a table. Here is why I ask. I have a db (sql server) that has a participant table, a forum table, and a forum reply table. Every record in the forum reply table is associated with the forum table via a PK-FK relationship w/cascading updates/deletes. The participants who post in these tables are not tied back to the participant table via a PK-FK relationship w/cascading updates/deletes. Should they be?
The problem I ran in to is that one particpant was deleted from the participant table but a post with their partid still existed in the forum or forum reply tables.
My feeling is that anytime a participant is deleted, everything that pertains to them should go too, right? If I am right, what do I have to be careful of if I do that?
Let me know! Thanks!!
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Nov 20, 2004
I am constructing a db in sql server 2000 that will score cross-country running meets. I have an individual results table that needs to only contain participants that are entered as participants but are specific to a certain race as well. Can I have this table be linked back to TWO other tables via the PK-FK relationship and what issues might I have doing that?
Thanks!
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Dec 30, 2004
I am having trouble creating multiple foreign keys on a table so that I can set up cascading update and cascading delete from two different primary tables. I am using the diagram to do this but when I try to save the diagram I get the following error.
ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with COLUMN FOREIGN KEY constraint 'FK_IndResults_RaceData'. The conflict occurred in database 'VIRA', table 'RaceData', column 'RaceID'.
What would cause this to happen? Is it possible that I have records in the foreign table that do not transfer back to the primary table?
Thanks!
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Jan 30, 2004
Hi,
I am trying to figure out if this is possible in Oracle or Mysql
Lets say I have 3 tables such that C could have either A or B as its parent.
A
{ id, name}
B
{id, name}
C
{other_id, comment}
Now other_id could be either A.id or B.id. What I want to be able to do is to define a foreign key constraint of the type:
CONSTRAINT FK_C FOREIGN KEY (other_id) REFERENCES A(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
CONSTRAINT FK_C FOREIGN KEY (other_id) REFERENCES B(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
such that deleting A.id automatically deletes C.other_id where A.id = C.otherid and same for B.id
Ofcourse i am not able to do this. Is there any way that this can be done in Oracle and Mysql?
Thanks a lot,
Priyanka
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Feb 21, 2015
CREATE TABLE IssueLog (
ItemNo int NOT NULL IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY
REFERENCES IssueProgress (ItemNo)
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE CASCADE,
REFERENCES Approvals(ItemNo)
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE SET NULL,
Msg 142, Level 15, State 2, Line 0
Incorrect syntax for definition of the 'TABLE' constraint.
I'd like to update or delete the IssueProgress plus update and setting null to the Approvals tables at the same time whenever the ItemNo of the parent table namely IssueLog is updated or deleted.
How can I achieve this?
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Jun 6, 2008
I'm a total newb to SQL so I apologize if I butcher the description of what I'm looking to do :) Hopefully the example makes more sense. Is it possible for a single record in 1 table to contain relationships to several records in a different table?
What I've got so far is 2 tables - Hardware and Software, with ID Specifying primary keys HardwareID and SoftwareID respectively. the hardware records are for computer details and the software obviously are for programs. What I need to be able to do is pull up a hardware record and be able to see what software is installed on it, and vice versa pull up a software record to see which computers it's installed on. The problem I'm running into is that a computer can have multiple programs installed on it and a program can be installed on multiple computers, so I don't know how to create that relationship to account for that.
What I'd like to see is in the Hardware table a column for SoftwareID that has a foreign key relationship to the SoftwareID field in the Software Table, and vice versa....My question though is is that possible to do and have potentially multiple separate records it links to from that same column field? I might have a computer with say Windows XP Pro, Office 2003 Standard, Adobe Acrobat 8 and a proprietary rate calculator program that i need each to be displayed with their details when I open that computer's record. Or on the software side if I need to see which computers a license is already installed on then I want to make sure I can pull up the full list of computers.
And finally if what I'd like to do isn't possible as I described it...any recommendations for a better way?
Thanks all for the help!
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Feb 28, 2008
Hi,
I've been working as web dev for quite sometime now but there are still few things that i would like to clarify. Hope you guys can shed lights.
I currently have several tables and all this tables are having some 1 to many relationships. I know that how i insert value into my tables are very inefficient. I do it in this manner..
-> Insert a value in TableA
-> Query the latest ID that i have inserted in Table A then
-> Insert this value in TableB. And so on and so forth.
I believe there is an efficient way to to do this but i'm not sure how? Could anyone shed me a light on this matter?
Your reply would be highly appreciated. TIA.
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Jul 23, 2005
Hi All,I'm trying to solve this for a few days now and I just can't figure itout...I have three tables set up, I'll simplify them for this question:Table 1: HOTELSColumns: HOTEL_ID, HOTEL_NAMEExmple row: 123 || 'Hotel X'Table 2: SERVICESColumns: SERVICE_ID, SERVICE_NAMEExample rows:1 || 'Breakfast in bed'2 || 'King size bed'Table 3: LINK_HOTELS_SERVICESColumns: FK_HOTEL_ID, FK_SERVICE_ID, SERVICE_VALUEExample rows:123 || 1 || 1123 || 2 || 1In table 3 I link different services to different hotels. In the same tableI set the "value" for the service.The first example row of table 3 means something like: Hotel X offersBreakfast in bed. In this case 1 stands for TRUEThe second example row of table 3 means: Hotel X offers King size beds(again: 1 stands for TRUE).What I'm struggling with is selecting the hotel ID's which offer multipleservices. To stay in the example: how can I select all hotels whereSERVICE_ID = 1 AND SERVICE_ID = 1. I can't seem to figure out how to doit...I hope anyone can help... Thanks a lot in advance!!!Robert
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Oct 26, 2007
Hi guys,
I have created 3 tables namely Static, Dynamic and Demo...
Static has colums FormID(uniqueidentifier, PrimaryKey) and FormName(Nvarchar(50)).
Dynamic has colums formID(uniqueidentifier,PrimaryKey) and FormName(Nvarchar(50)).
Demo has 4 colums namely ValueID(uniqueidentifier, Primary Key), formID(uniqueidentifier, foreign key), Name(nvarchar(50)), Value(nvarchar(50).
Now the formID coloum in Demo table i have set as foreign key to both the dynamic table as well as static table on the formID colum in both table.
Now first i insert a row in the dynamic table then take the uniqueidentifier which is generated automatically and try
to insert in the Demo table in formID colum as that colum is FK to dynamic and static but when i try to insert a row it show that its violating the FOREIGN KEY CONSTRAINT
the exact error is
Msg 547, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_Demo_Dynamic1". The conflict occurred in database "huzefaJTest", table "dbo.Dynamic", column 'formid'.
The statement has been terminated.
please if anyone know do reply.....
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Jan 7, 2008
hi.
How to update FormA table from customer table. Let say i wish to keep small number of fields from each table so i use foreign keys as reference.
However i had a problem when i tried to save the relationships of both tables, i receive the error that FormA_id is not able to insert null into value.
Cust_id(PK) is identify column, as well FormA_id(FK) and FormA_id(PK) too. For example, when i insert a record from customer table, it will automatically create id for FormA.
Table structure. Customer
cust_id(PK),name,age,formA_id(FK)
Table structure, FormA
formA_id(PK), info, date,
How to solve ?
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Jan 4, 2008
Hi guys, i have a little question, i hope you can back me up please.
I have this tables:
Code:
TV
IdTV - autoincremental int, Primary key
IdCamera - int, foreign key
DeviceType int
Code:
DayLightCamera
IdDayLightCamera - autoincremental int, Primary key
DayLightCameraName - varchar(30)
Code:
InfraredCamera
IdInfraredCamera - autoincremental int, Primary key
InfraredCameraName - varchar(30)
now, when in insert a row in "TV" the foreign key "IdCamera" will relate to a row in either "InfraredCamera" or in "DaylightCamera" depending on the "DeviceType" value.
in other words, if i insert a row with DeviceType=0, then IdCamera will have to point to a row in the "InfraredCamera" table. And if i insert a row with DeviceType=1, then IdCamera will have to point to a row in the "DaylightCamera" table.
so, my question is, how can i make the constraints relationship so that the idCamera relates to a row in DaylightCamera or in InfraredCamera depending on the value of DeviceType? should i make 2 foreign keys with allow null? or should i place both relationships to the same foreign key? im not sure what to do
Thanks guys for your help. it is really appreciated!
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Dec 20, 2006
I am trying to query the database to get me the foreign key columns and the tables they belong to.I have: The name of the tableI need:The name of the column in the target tableThe name of the column in the referenced tableThe name of the referenced table Any help would be great, thanks
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Nov 2, 2007
Hi,
I don't know if this is possible, i believe not, so I'm here to ask the experts if is possible to have a foreign key constraint that references the key of one of two tables.
Like this:
I have 3 tables: TABLE X, TABLE A and TABLE B
Is it possible to the FK on TABLE X refernce the PK of TABLE A OR TABLE B?
If yes, how can I do this?
If not, I need to have a fourth table, so TABLE X references TABLE A and TABLE Y references TABLE B.
Thanks!
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Aug 26, 2005
I have a setup with a bridge table. There are about 5 different tables
on one side of the bridge (all with compatable PK columns) one of which
is called 'mobilesub', and one on the other side called
'allcostcenters'. The bridge table is called 'subaccountcostcenter'.
I can enter data for mobilesub in the bridge table. But then when I try
to enter the info into the bridge table for any of the other tables,
such as localsub, there is a conflict like this:
INSERT statement conflicted with TABLE FOREIGN KEY constraint
'FK_subaccountcostcenter_mobilesub'. The conflict occurred in database
'test1', table 'mobilesub'.
The statement has been terminated.
Is there some rule against using a bridge table that references several
different tables, and I'm just not aware of it. Because I've done
everything I can to make sure the info from the different tables don't
conflict . . .
The same error comes up if I do the localsub table first--in that case
the foriegn key messing me up is FK_subaccountcostcenter_localsub. So
it's not something with the individual tables.
I need experienced advice lol
Thanks
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Jan 21, 2005
I know altering the schema of system tables is a big no-no, but I was wondering if setting up a table that has foreign keys pointing to a system table is bad.
Basically what I'm refering to is in some cases I have CreationDate and CreatedBy fields in my tables that correspond to GETDATE() and USER_NAME() functions in insert statements....I want the CreatedBy field to be a valid SQL server DB username ... and not some unchecked string value (SYSNAME actually)
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Mar 5, 2008
Greetings all!
How can I enforce a foreign key constraint when I have two tables each one residing on a different database?
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Oct 9, 2015
I was trying a joining example provided in my book in which customer is a table and person is another table. The query provided in the book is this... USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
SELECT c.CustomerID, c.PersonID, p.BusinessEntityID, p.LastName
FROM Sales.Customer AS c
INNER JOIN Person.Person AS p ON c.PersonID = p.BusinessEntityID;
This is the query that I did....
SELECT
c.CustomerID,p.FirstName,p.MiddleName,p.LastName
FROM
Sales.Customer AS c INNER JOIN Person.Person AS p
ON
c.CustomerID=p.BusinessEntityID
ORDER BY
p.BusinessEntityID;
Keys :-
Person Table
[PK_Person_BusinessEntityID]
[FK_Person_BusinessEntity_BusinessEntityID]
Customer Table
[PK_Customer_CustomerID]
[FK_Customer_Person_PersonID]
However,both of them gives a very different result set.But my question is why do we need to use the Customer.PersonID instead of Customer.CustomerID. Is it really important to use one primary key and one foreign,is there any specific reason why the book showed c.personId=p.BusinessEntityId.??
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Aug 14, 2007
Hey everyone,
I am beggining in SQL and the .NET framework and have been running into some problems trying to design a relational database. I am completely new to it so I bought a book that was recommended in this Forum called "Handbook of Relational Database Design" and it has been pretty usefull so far. RIght now I am trying to make the Logical Data Model before I make the Relational Data Model.
The problem that I am having right now is creating a table that is a derivation from another table. For example, in the book they have a table called Property, and then two other tables called MountainProperty and BeachProperty. MountainProperty and BeachProperty are a type (relationship here) of a property. So basically Property will hold some data in a table, and then MountainProperty and BeachProperty will extend that property to contain more specific data. This is very similar to what I want to do. However I am having a problem understanding how an instance (or row) in Property, will have a link (foreign key) to a piece of data that is in Mountain or BeachProperty. I understand the foreign key in Mountain and BeachProperty and how they will link back to their "parent". But how will Property know its children, where is the link for that, how can one make a link to that. You could make a column with a foreign key, but which table would it point to, can one column point to mulitple tables? That doesn't make very much sense to me.
Basically what I am trying to say is that a row in the Property table can be multiple types, and these types will store more additional data about that row. How can I link to that data from that row in the Table Property.
I am terribly sorry if this is confusing or if it is so appartently easy for you, but this is the first time that I have ever tried to make a relational database and I am really struggling on seeing how to organize these tables properly. Thank yor for your time.
Jeremy
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Apr 23, 2015
i have two tables Table one have 2 columns id and value
id value
1 Dell
2 Hp
B2 Hp-mini
B3 Hp-lapTop
3 Acer
the second table have 3 clomuns id,name,idTable
1 TeaBou B
2 Mark B
3 Jack 1
4 Piere 2
5 Jean 2
6 Mark 3
i tried this query
select*from table1 t1 ,table2 t2
where t1.id=t2.idTable
i had some data but also i need to include the person who have the B product.
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Apr 29, 2004
I have a situation that I must resolve. I have a program being used by many but I had to create a new table to provide a new feature. The problem I have is this table must use the primary key from the parent table as its primary key, meaning when a user adds a new record to parent table, I need to instantly add the primary key to the child table. Now this was done in the program using sql statements, but I need to implement a trigger or such as to keep me from having to reinstall application on many computers.
basically person inserts new record, then I need to get the new primary ket and add insert it into the child tables. how can I do this with a trigger. I have tried to use an insert into statment with my trigger, but I can't seem to pass the parameters correctly.
CREATE Trigger dbo.Table_Borrower_Insert_Keys
ON Table_Borrower
AFTER INSERT
AS
begin
declare @bid as int
@bid = select MAX(BorrowerID)
FROM Table_SoldProgression
INSERT Table_SoldProgression(BorrowerID)
values (@bid)
end
GO
another attempt
CREATE Trigger dbo.Table_Borrower_Insert_Keys
ON Table_Borrower
AFTER INSERT
AS
INSERT Table_SoldProgression(BorrowerID)
values (select MAX(BorrowerID)FROM Table_Borrower)
GO
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Nov 5, 2007
Guys,
I have 600 tables in my database, out of which 40 tables are look up value tables. I want generate truncate scripts which truncates all the tables in order of Parent child relationship excluding lookup tables. Is there any way to do this apart from figuring out Parent Child relationship and then writing the truncate statements for each of the table.
For example
EmployeeDetail table references Employee table
DepartmentDetail table references Department table
Department table references Employee table
My truncate script should be
TRUNCATE TABLE DEPARTMENTDETAIL
TRUNCATE TABLE EMPLOYEEDETAIL
TRUNCATE TABLE DEPARTMENT
TRUNCATE TABLE EMPLOYEE
IS there any automated way to figure out parent and child tables and generate truncate script for the same.
Thanks
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Feb 7, 2007
Hi all,
In my project i will have the data in a collection of objects, I need to update series of tables with foreign key relations
Right now my code looks like this
foreach(object obj in Objects){
int accountId=Account.Insert(obj.accountOpenDate,obj.accountName);//this will update the accounts table and returns account id which is a Identity column in Acccounts table
int DebtId=Debt.Insert(accountd,obj.debtamount,obj.debtbalance); this will update the Debts table and returns DebtId
///series of tables like above but all the relevant data comes from obj and in the Insert Methods i am using stored procedures to Insert the data into table
}
The no of objects varies from 1000 to 1 milliion,, with this approach its taking more time to update all the data. Please let me know if any alternative procedure to handle this kind of scenario.
Thanks
Regards
Prasad.
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Mar 16, 2007
I was wondering how I do to insert values in two tables that are related each other by a FK?
That is the procedure that illustrate what I meant to be.
ALTER Procedure [dbo].[new_user]
@master nchar(10),
@nick nchar(10),
@fish nchar(10),
@e_mail nchar(30)
As
Begin
INSERT INTO users
(nick, fish, e_mail)
VALUES (@nick,@fish,@e_mail)
INSERT INTO friends
(user_id, e_mail)
VALUES ( Select user_id from users where nick=@master,@e_mail)
End
Thank you very much.
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Apr 17, 2014
how to find all primary key columns & foreign key columns in all database tables?
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Nov 5, 2007
Guys,
I have 600 tables in my database, out of which 40 tables are look up value tables. I want generate truncate scripts which truncates all the tables in order of Parent child relationship excluding lookup tables. Is there any way to do this apart from figuring out Parent Child relationship and then writing the truncate statements for each of the table.
For example
EmployeeDetail table references Employee table
DepartmentDetail table references Department table
Department table references Employee table
My truncate script should be
TRUNCATE TABLE DEPARTMENTDETAIL
TRUNCATE TABLE EMPLOYEEDETAIL
TRUNCATE TABLE DEPARTMENT
TRUNCATE TABLE EMPLOYEE
Is there any automated way to figure out parent and child tables and generate truncate script for the same.
Thanks
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Oct 7, 2015
I'm shredding the below xml into relational tables. Each element of the xml has it's own table and there is a foreign key to join the tables, you can see this in the below picture. The process I follow is each relational table I always bring the nesecary xml and store it in the table and when shredding I always look at the parent table.So for example when processing the seat table, I use seat xml from the parent route table, also taking the ROUTEID from the route table. The reason I do this is all about taking the id from the previous step to create the relationships between the tables. without taking the xml down to the tables?The problem with this approach is I have xml stored in most tables and the tables are becoming very large.
<Route Type="OneWay" >
<Seat Type="FirstClass">
<Prices>
<Price Price="10" />
<Price Price="11" />
</Prices>
[code]....
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Oct 31, 2015
Is there anyway to get the order in which data to be import on to tables when they have primary and Foreign Key relations?
For ex:We have around 170 tables and when tries to insert data it will throw error stating table25 data should be inserted first when we insert data in table 25 it say 70 like that.
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Jun 6, 2015
I want to create a table with primary key , and put relationship with second table.
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Nov 14, 2006
Hi,
I have a new problem when I import data from an xml source file in two destination tables. The two tables are linked by a foreign key... for example :
table MOTHER (MOTHER_ID, MOTHER_NAME)
table CHILD (CHILD_ID, MOTHER_ID, MOTHER_NAME)
After a lot of transformations data are inserted into MOTHER table and I want to insert other fields of the data flow in CHILD table. To do this, I need the MOTHER_ID field that is auto incremented in MOTHER table.
My problem is to chain the insertion in CHILD table after the insertion in MOTHER table to be sure that the relative row in MOTHER table is really inserted. I haven't find any solution to chain another transformation task after my flow destination "Insert into MOTHER table".
The only solution I have found is to create a new flow control to insert data in CHILD table, using a lookup transformation task to bind with MOTHER table... But with this solution all my flow control transforms are made two times...
Is there a solution to chain two insertions with a foreign key constraint in a data flow?
Thanks
Regards,
Arnaud Gervais.
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