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Re: Constraint to ensure value does NOT exist in another table?

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On 16 Jun 2011, at 7:04, Mike Christensen wrote:

> I know I can setup a FK constraint to make sure Table1.ColA exists in
> Table2.Key, however what if I want to do the reverse?
> 
> I want to ensure Table1.ColA does NOT exist in Table2.Key..  Can I do
> this with any sort of CHECK constraint, trigger, custom function, etc?
> Thanks!


Perhaps it's possible to use a unique constraint in a third table to guarantee those foreign keys can never have the same value. That would probably be more efficient than executing stored procedure code.

Alban Hertroys

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