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Oct 29, 2005

Is it possible to create a unique constraint to a column from another
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tb_current:
current_names
--------------
aaa
bbb

tb_new:
new_name
--------
ccc

Now I want to create a constraint on tb_new.new_name to be unique with
respect to tb_current.current_names. However, tb_new.new_name should
not be unique to itself. So I should not be able to insert 'aaa' to
tb_new.new_name. But I should be able to insert 'ccc' to
tb_new.new_name.

Here's the script to reproduce this example:

create table tb_current
(
current_names varchar(10)
)
create table tb_new
(
new_name varchar(10)
)
insert tb_current values ('aaa')
insert tb_current values ('bbb')
insert tb_new values ('ccc')

select * from tb_current
select * from tb_new

insert tb_new values ('aaa') -- this should NOT be allowed
insert tb_new values ('ccc') -- this should be allowed

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I have tried the Check constraint menu path, but do not know how
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If I go along the Indexes/Key path, I am forced to change the primary
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