On 14/10/15 06:36, droberts wrote:
Hi, is there a problem calling ID's different when used as a FK vs table ID?
For example
mydimtable ()
ID
name
description
myfacttable ()
my_dim_id # FK to ID above
total_sales
I 'think' if I don't enforce foreign key constraints, then this practice
prevents tools from being able to generate ERD diagrams right?
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My practice is to name the PRIMARY KEY as id, and foreign keys with the
original table name plus the sufiix_id.
By leaving the table name off the primary key name, and just using id,
makes it more obvious that it is a primary key (plus it seems redundant
to prefix the primary key name with its own table name!).
CREATE TABLE house
(
id int PRIMARY KEY,
address text
);
CREATE TABLE room
(
id int PRIMARY KEY,
house_id int REFERENCES house(id),
name text
);
There are exceptions like:
CREATE TABLE human
(
id int PRIMARY KEY,
mother_id int REFERENCES human (id),
father_id int REFERENCES human (id),
name text
);
Cheers,
Gavin
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