Re: Single Row Table?

Tim Penhey wrote on 30.08.2004 23:12:

>> I have got a table which is supposed to contain only one row. It does
>> not have any primary keys defined.
>>
>> So, essentially, when a new insert happens in that table, I would like
>> it (the insert) to fail if there is already a row existing in that table.
>>
>>
> You could try:
>
>     id INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL DEFAULT(1) CHECK (id = 1),
>

I like that approach :)

But should you also prevent DELETE's from that table? Otherwise you could
wind up with no rows at all. I guess that would have to be done using a rule...

Thomas