Rich Shepard wrote:
Don't know why I've not come across this before, but I have now. In a table definition I reference the primary key of another table. That key is of datatype SERIAL. In the referencing table, do I define the column as col_name INTEGER REFERENCES other-table (primary_key_field), or is the datatype SERIAL because that's what the referenced primary_key_field is?
Serial is a psuedo type to integer/big (depending on the type of serial). What you have above should work fine.
SIncerely, Joshua D. Drake
Thanks, Rich
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