Re: are foreign keys realized as indexes?

On Tue, 08 May 2007 12:48:30 +0100
Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie> wrote:

> You can do that, but you'll lose the enforcement of referential
> integrity, which is what foreign keys give you.

If I get you right:

There is *no complete* substitute for foreign keys by using *indexes*
since I'd loose the referencial integrity (whereas for unique contraints
there *is* a full replacement using indexes)?

Felix