Re: FOREIGN KEY to a remote table. Is it possible?

From: Dennis Taylor <ismgr_at_pctc.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 08:29:52 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.002DF8CD.20010403072021@fatcity.com>

At 05:40 AM 4/3/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Is is possible to create a FOREIGN KEY constraint that references to a
>remote table through DATABASE LINK?
>

>From the Oracle 8i SQL Reference, Volume 2 (PN A76988-01), page 7-240,
about halfway down the page:

"The child and parent tables must be on the same database. To enable referential integrity constraints across nodes of a distributed database, you must use database triggers".

Sorry about the tone. Fairly cranky today.

Dennis Taylor

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