INSERT problem

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, if not, maybe
someone could give me a pointer to where to ask the question...
A friend and I are trying to figure out if it's possible to create a
table that will allow an insert of a value into column A only if that
value is already in column B or if it being inserted into column B by
that insert statement.
We've done some looking around, but haven't found an answer yet...Sounds like you want a FOREIGN KEY constraint on a self-referencing table:
create table MyTable
(
ColA int primary key
, ColB int not null
references MyTable (ColA)
)
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Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinpub.com
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"Jakanapes" <Jakanapes@.aol.com> wrote in message
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, if not, maybe
someone could give me a pointer to where to ask the question...
A friend and I are trying to figure out if it's possible to create a
table that will allow an insert of a value into column A only if that
value is already in column B or if it being inserted into column B by
that insert statement.
We've done some looking around, but haven't found an answer yet...|||Yes, you can use an INSERT trigger for that, using the virtual inserted table inside your trigger
code. Or possibly a self referencing foreign key, if column B is a key of the table.
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Jakanapes" <Jakanapes@.aol.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, if not, maybe
> someone could give me a pointer to where to ask the question...
> A friend and I are trying to figure out if it's possible to create a
> table that will allow an insert of a value into column A only if that
> value is already in column B or if it being inserted into column B by
> that insert statement.
> We've done some looking around, but haven't found an answer yet...
>