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Old 03-21-11, 01:58
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Link a table to itself one to one
Hi,

I'm designing a schema where I need to relate a member to a spouse. The spouse may also be a member and a member can only have one spouse.

If I store spouses in another table my schema would support polygamy and I don't want this. It seems to me like I need to relate the table to itself one to one but how? Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
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Old 03-21-11, 07:56
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If I store spouses in another table my schema would support polygamy and I don't want this.
so don't use another table

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Old 03-22-11, 01:05
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so don't use another table
So I didn't..thanks 4 ur help
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