On 10/25/15 8:10 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
@ Adrian Klaver: Oh, so you're suggesting I make separate tables for kingdoms, classes and on down to species. I'll research foreign keys and see what I can come up with. I hope I can make separate tables for mammal species, bird species, fish species, etc. There are just so many species - especially fish - the spreadsheets I use to organize them are just about maxed out as it is.
The suggestion is simply to have 7 tables: CREATE TABLE kingdom( kingdom_id serial PRIMARY KEY , kingdom_name text NOT NULL , ... ); CREATE TABLE phylum( phylum_id serial PRIMARY KEY , kingdom_id int NOT NULL REFERENCES kingdom , ... ); CREATE TABLE class( ... ); and so-on. -- Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
