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Re: Non-check constraint def for a static list ?

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 08:01:19AM -0700, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> How could I define a constraint on a colum who's value I want to
> restrict to a static list of strings?  For example, a column colled
> "gender" which cannot be NULL and must be either 'M' or 'F'.  I can do
> it with a "check" constraint, but I can't defer those constraints (the
> reason I'm asking for a non-check soln)

If this is to do with your similar questions from earlier; at what point
does the data become valid and why don't you just delay putting the data
into the "real" table at then.

-- 
  Sam  http://samason.me.uk/

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