在一个表中定义多个外键到多个表

你可以这样做:

 post:
  * post_id (PK)
  * title
  * body

 photo:
  * photo_id (PK)
  * filepath

 comment:
  * comment_id (PK)
  * body

 comment_to_post
  * comment_id (PK) -> FK to comment.comment_id
  * post_id (PK) -> FK to post.post_id

 comment_to_photo
  * comment_id (PK) -> FK to comment.comment_id
  * photo_id (PK) -> FK to photo.photo_id

仍然有可能得到属于两个不同项目的评论。如果你认为那是个问题,我可以试着改进设计。

Entity 因为缺少更好的词,那么子类型。

• 在这个模型中,一个实体可以有许多注释,一个注释只属于一个实体。

如果你想知道一个列是否可以有多个外键,那么答案是否定的。

如果你想的话,你可以有单独的外键。所以你可以这样修改你的评论表-

 comment:
  * comment_id (PK)
  * PostID (FK to Post.PostID)
  * PhotoID (FK to <Photo>.PhotoID)
  * ProfileID (FK to <Profile>.ProfileID)
  * Body

这里是实现这一点的DDL-

Create table Photo
(
PhotoID int,
PhotoDesc varchar(10),
Primary key (PhotoID)
)

Create table Post
(
PostID int,
PostDesc varchar(10),
Primary key (PostID)
)

Create table Profiles
(
ProfileId int,
ProfileDesc varchar(10),
Primary key (ProfileId)
)

Create table Comment  
(
CommentID int,
PhotoID int,
PostID int,
ProfileId int,
body varchar(10),
Primary key (CommentID),
Foreign key (PhotoID) references Photo(PhotoID),
Foreign key (PostID) references Post(PostID),
Foreign key (ProfileId) references Profiles(ProfileId)
)

insert into Photo values (1,'Photo1')
insert into Photo values (2,'Photo2')
insert into Photo values (3,'Photo3')

insert into Post values (11,'Post1')
insert into Post values (12,'Post2')
insert into Post values (13,'Post3')

insert into Profiles values (111,'Profiles1')
insert into Profiles values (112,'Profiles2')
insert into Profiles values (113,'Profiles3')

insert into Comment (CommentID,PhotoID,body) values (21,1,'comment1')
insert into Comment (CommentID,PhotoID,body) values (22,3,'comment2')
insert into Comment (CommentID,PostID,body) values (23,11,'comment3')
insert into Comment (CommentID,PostID,body) values (24,12,'comment4')
insert into Comment (CommentID,ProfileId,body) values (25,112,'comment5')
insert into Comment (CommentID,ProfileId,body) values (26,113,'comment6')

-- to select comments seperately for Photos, profiles and posts
select * from Comment where PhotoID is not null
select * from Comment where ProfileId is not null
select * from Comment where PostID is not null

由于照片注释与post注释不同,我将它们存储在单独的相关表中。所以我会:

职务:

• 张贴
• 标题
• 身体

• 注释ID
• 后身

照片:

• 光面
• 文件路径

• 照片id
• 身体