On Saturday 23 January 2010 6:15:36 am Davor J. wrote: > I am logged in as superuser. I am trying to create something similar to > this: > > > Code: > CREATE TABLE tbl_unit_convfunctions( > unit_from integer REFERENCES tbl_units (unit_id), > unit_to integer REFERENCES tbl_units (unit_id), > proc_id oid REFERENCES pg_proc (oid) > )but no matter what I refer to from pg_proc, i get the error message: > > ERROR: permission denied: "pg_proc" is a system catalog > SQL state: 42501 > > Has anyone any suggestions how to do something similar, or even better: how > to solve this error. I couldn't find any useful information on the net > about this issue. > > Thanks, > Davor > > Original post: > http://forums.devshed.com/postgresql-help-21/referencing-to-system-catalog- >problem-670063.html > > Note: OID's are unique in that table, and should be referable, and I > explicitely granted the REFERENCE priviledge to the superuser. You can't have FKs to system tables. See this post for explanation: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2004-12/msg00840.php -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general