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How to achieve One to One mapping between two tables

 
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Hi

I have taken two tables Car and Registration I want to have One to One mapping between these two tables such that each car can have only One Registration .


so i had made Unique On the fORIGN KEY . Is this way correct to achive One to One on the mapping .

create table Car (
CarName Varchar2(20) primary key,
CarModel Varchar2(20)
)


create table Registration (
RegNumber Varchar2(20) primary key,
CarName Varchar2(20),
FOREIGN KEY (CarName)
REFERENCES Car(CarName)
UNIQUE(car_name))


)

Please help .
 
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Yes. Although carName isn't the ideal key because it could change.
 
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I would believe that it depends on the database system product you are using, which is not job of java program.
 
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As a compliment to Jeanne's post. 'carName' doesn't even sound unique. If you just came up with this to show your idea, then its okay arguably. Otherwise, introducing a surrogate key, if there are no candidates found, is a good idea. Folks prefer surrogate keys over natural, but again it depends upon case to case. Surrogate key is the only solution, in case you have no natural candidates.
 
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