Table ABC
{
  id,
.....,
  AssetId
}

Table Asset
{
   AssetID,
   AssetTypeID,
   ......,
   ......,
}

I need to use foreign key constraint on AssetId field of ABC based on
AssetId field of Asset table where AssetType is equal to certain Value of AssetTypeId

How this can be done????

Seek u'r help.



Bijgupt

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Bijgupt

Don't you have a table for AssetTypes? If you have one, you should be setting up a Foreign Key contraint on Asset.AssetTypeID to reference AssetTypes.AssetTypeID and a Foreign Key contraint on ABC.AssetID to reference Asset.AssetID

Hope that helps.

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- Vijay G
Strive for Perfection

Exactly i've Assettype table and same foreign key constraint. But Asset table contains asset with different assetType. Now the table ABC is for specific details of particular assetType say books. So AssetID of Table ABC should only allow those assetId from Asset table where AssetTypeID is a particular value.


Bijgupt

Does it mean that Asset Table contains AssetTypes that are not available in AssetTypes table? I wonder how the data is maintained that way. When you set Foreign key constraint set for Asset Table to refer AssetTypeID from AssetTypes, I dont think you should have such a set up that violate foreign key constraint.

I would say you should be adding that to AssetTypes table that are missing in Asset table.

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- Vijay G
Strive for Perfection

No the case is like this...
  ABC.AssetID references Asset.AssetID.
  Asset.AssetTypeID references AssetType.AssetTypeId

Table ABC's AssetId can accept any AssetId which is in Asset Table irrespective of its AssetTypeId field.
For each time when something is to be inserted in Table ABc i need to check by query in every procedure whether its assetTypeId is a particular value..
 Select * From Asset
    Where AssetTypeId = <some value>

Asset Table contains comman fields of all asset or say resources and those field which are specific to particular asset is stored in its corresponding table. it is all working very fine but i need above composite fk to reduce some lines and better constraint.
Table Abc should accept only those value out of all assetId value from asset table where assetTypeid is a particular value


Bijgupt

I dont think you can set foreign key constraint for specific values. It is defined at the table and column level, not at the data level.

cheers.

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- Vijay G
Strive for Perfection

thanx a lot.

Bijgupt