Sándor Tamás (HostWare Kft.) wrote:

> Thank you for your help.
>
> I've tried it with ISQL, watched carefully for the proper values, inserted,
> created, altered from scratch, and I've got the same result.
>
> When I try a joined select between the two table, it shows me the right
> values, FB can find the record. But then, when I try an 'alter table' on
> the
> detail table, I got this FK violation error.
>
> Can it be a problem that I use a varchar field as primary, and foreign key?

Trailing blanks in varchar fields perhaps?

I know = comparisons ignore trailing blanks, but I'm not sure how
foreign key constraints act if two values differ only in trailing
blanks. I would suspect that it considers them not equal, but I'm
guessing. A join using = would join tables where key fields differ in
trailing blanks, but maybe FK:s don't?

Anyway, you can check for trailing blanks to rule this out as the culprit.

Kjell
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