Apples and Oranges, Part II: A Linux DBMS Comparison
Adapting the Design to MySQL

Matthias Warkus
Thursday, November 18, 1999 01:25:46 PM
MySQL ignores foreign key constraints like PostgreSQL, but it will barf on
UNIQUE constraints. The resulting script is not much different
from the PostgreSQL script:
DROP TABLE BOOK;
CREATE TABLE BOOK (
ARTICLE_NO INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
AUTHOR_FIRST_NAMES CHARACTER(30),
AUTHOR_LAST_NAMES CHARACTER(30),
TITLE CHARACTER(30),
ISBN CHARACTER(13),
WHOLESALE_PRICE INTEGER,
RETAIL_PRICE INTEGER,
COPIES_AVAILABLE INTEGER
);
DROP TABLE CUSTOMER;
CREATE TABLE CUSTOMER (
CUSTOMER_NO INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
FIRST_NAMES CHARACTER(30),
LAST_NAMES CHARACTER(30),
STREET CHARACTER(30),
HOUSE_NO SMALLINT,
POSTCODE CHARACTER(7),
TOWN CHARACTER(30),
ISO_COUNTRY_CODE CHARACTER(2)
);
DROP TABLE BOOKORDER;
CREATE TABLE BOOKORDER (
ORDER_NO INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
CUSTOMER_NO INTEGER NOT NULL,
ORDERED DATE,
DELIVERY DATE,
STATUS CHARACTER(8),
CONSTRAINT CUSTOMER_FK FOREIGN KEY (CUSTOMER_NO)
REFERENCES KUNDE (KUNDENNAME)
);
DROP TABLE ORDER_POSITION;
CREATE TABLE ORDER_POSITION (
POSITION_NO INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
ORDER_NO INTEGER NOT NULL,
ARTICLE_NO INTEGER NOT NULL,
NUMBER SMALLINT,
CONSTRAINT ORDER_FK FOREIGN KEY (ORDER_NO)
REFERENCES BOOKORDER (ORDER_NO),
CONSTRAINT BOOK_FK FOREIGN KEY (ARTICLE_NO)
REFERENCES BOOK (ARTICLE_NO)
);
DROP TABLE RATING;
CREATE TABLE RATING (
RATING_NO INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
ARTICLE_NO INTEGER NOT NULL,
SCORE NUMERIC(1,0),
COMMENT CHARACTER VARYING(255),
CONSTRAINT BOOK_FK FOREIGN KEY (ARTICLE_NO)
REFERENCES BOOK (ARTICLE_NO)
);
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