Re: implied foreign keys

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On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 01:09:56PM -0400, William McKee wrote:
> it seems that some references[1,2] consider a foreign key to
> point to a primary key; others[3] are saying that a foreign key could
> point to a non-PK field as you are doing. Does anyone know if there a
> definitive answer?

Well, as the OP wanted the latter, then I guess that's your answer :)

Either way, Class::DBI is unlikely to support this natively, as I don't
believe it's very common. But it shouldn't be too difficult to write a
standalone Relationship plugin that DTRT here.

Tony