SQL enforce value of a column if other column is NOT NULL












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I'm having a hard time to explain this so let me illustrate it with an exemple.



I have a table for comments and it looks like so:



CREATE TABLE comments (
id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT,
parent_id INT UNSIGNED,
article_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
user_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
ip VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
submitted_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
comment TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
CONSTRAINT fk_com_parent
FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
REFERENCES comments (id)
CONSTRAINT fk_com_article
FOREIGN KEY (article_id)
REFERENCES articles (id)
CONSTRAINT fk_com_user
FOREIGN KEY (user_id)
REFERENCES users (id)
);


Now it makes sense that if parent_id is set, child and parent should share the same article_id.



Answers to a comment must be on the same article. So is there a way to contraint this?









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    I'm having a hard time to explain this so let me illustrate it with an exemple.



    I have a table for comments and it looks like so:



    CREATE TABLE comments (
    id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT,
    parent_id INT UNSIGNED,
    article_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    user_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    ip VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    submitted_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
    comment TEXT,
    PRIMARY KEY (id),
    CONSTRAINT fk_com_parent
    FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
    REFERENCES comments (id)
    CONSTRAINT fk_com_article
    FOREIGN KEY (article_id)
    REFERENCES articles (id)
    CONSTRAINT fk_com_user
    FOREIGN KEY (user_id)
    REFERENCES users (id)
    );


    Now it makes sense that if parent_id is set, child and parent should share the same article_id.



    Answers to a comment must be on the same article. So is there a way to contraint this?









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      I'm having a hard time to explain this so let me illustrate it with an exemple.



      I have a table for comments and it looks like so:



      CREATE TABLE comments (
      id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT,
      parent_id INT UNSIGNED,
      article_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
      user_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
      ip VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
      submitted_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
      comment TEXT,
      PRIMARY KEY (id),
      CONSTRAINT fk_com_parent
      FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
      REFERENCES comments (id)
      CONSTRAINT fk_com_article
      FOREIGN KEY (article_id)
      REFERENCES articles (id)
      CONSTRAINT fk_com_user
      FOREIGN KEY (user_id)
      REFERENCES users (id)
      );


      Now it makes sense that if parent_id is set, child and parent should share the same article_id.



      Answers to a comment must be on the same article. So is there a way to contraint this?









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      I'm having a hard time to explain this so let me illustrate it with an exemple.



      I have a table for comments and it looks like so:



      CREATE TABLE comments (
      id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT,
      parent_id INT UNSIGNED,
      article_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
      user_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
      ip VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
      submitted_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
      comment TEXT,
      PRIMARY KEY (id),
      CONSTRAINT fk_com_parent
      FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
      REFERENCES comments (id)
      CONSTRAINT fk_com_article
      FOREIGN KEY (article_id)
      REFERENCES articles (id)
      CONSTRAINT fk_com_user
      FOREIGN KEY (user_id)
      REFERENCES users (id)
      );


      Now it makes sense that if parent_id is set, child and parent should share the same article_id.



      Answers to a comment must be on the same article. So is there a way to contraint this?







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