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Referential Constraint Error in IB6 SQL Script....Please help.

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quintons

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I am a newbee with IB 6. Its the open source version and have come across a
problem.

When I try to execute the script below I get an error, and have not managed
to get passed it for the past couple of days.

this is the SQL error:
Unsuccessful metadata update
STORE RDB$REF_CONSTRAINTS failed
action cancelled by trigger (1) to preserve data integrity
Name of Referential Constraint not defined in constraints table
Statement: ALTER TABLE APPLICATION
ADD FOREIGN KEY (FK_GroupsID)
REFERENCES GROUPS

this is the SQL script:
CREATE TABLE APPLICATION (
PK_ApplicationID INTEGER NOT NULL,
FK_AmendByPersonID INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
FK_GroupsID INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
Name VARCHAR(50),
EXEName VARCHAR(50),
Description VARCHAR(18),
AmendDateTime DATE,
CreateDateTime DATE,
OrderNo INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
VersionNo VARCHAR(20)
);

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idxPrimaryKey_Application ON APPLICATION
(
PK_ApplicationID
);

ALTER TABLE APPLICATION
ADD PRIMARY KEY (PK_ApplicationID);

CREATE TABLE GROUPS (
PK_GroupsID INTEGER NOT NULL,
FK_AmendByPersonID INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
Name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
Description VARCHAR(255),
Options VARCHAR(50),
AmendDateTime DATE,
CreateDateTime DATE
);

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idxPrimaryKey_Groups ON GROUPS
(
PK_GroupsID
);

ALTER TABLE GROUPS
ADD PRIMARY KEY (PK_GroupsID);


ALTER TABLE APPLICATION
ADD FOREIGN KEY (FK_GroupsID)
REFERENCES GROUPS;

ALTER TABLE GROUP_PERSON
ADD FOREIGN KEY (FK_GroupsID)
REFERENCES GROUPS;



this code was generated by ERwin 4.0. can anyone help?
many thanks,
Quinton.

 
Try the following code below. The only thing I've changed is getting rid of the unique indexes which you were creating. These are needed as by default a primary key is a unique index.

CREATE TABLE APPLICATION (
PK_ApplicationID INTEGER NOT NULL,
FK_AmendByPersonID INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
FK_GroupsID INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
Name VARCHAR(50),
EXEName VARCHAR(50),
Description VARCHAR(18),
AmendDateTime DATE,
CreateDateTime DATE,
OrderNo INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
VersionNo VARCHAR(20)
);



ALTER TABLE APPLICATION
ADD PRIMARY KEY (PK_ApplicationID);

CREATE TABLE GROUPS (
PK_GroupsID INTEGER NOT NULL,
FK_AmendByPersonID INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
Name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
Description VARCHAR(255),
Options VARCHAR(50),
AmendDateTime DATE,
CreateDateTime DATE
);


ALTER TABLE GROUPS
ADD PRIMARY KEY (PK_GroupsID);


ALTER TABLE APPLICATION
ADD FOREIGN KEY (FK_GroupsID)
REFERENCES GROUPS (PK_GroupsID);
 
I Have now managed to get the db script working now.

Regards,
Quinton.
 
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