-- @cvs-id: $Id: postal-address-create.sql,v 1.2 2007/05/27 12:19:11 maltes Exp $ -- lookup table -- This is for hr-xml defined type create table postal_types ( type_id integer constraint postal_types_id_pk primary key, description varchar (40) constraint postal_types_desc_nn not null ); insert into postal_types values (1,'Post Office Box'); insert into postal_types values (2,'Street Address'); insert into postal_types values (3,'Military Address'); insert into postal_types values (4,'Undefined (default)'); -- main table -- will get organization_name from other organizations table -- I am not storing the parsed elements here. -- That is better left to a validation proc create table postal_addresses ( address_id integer constraint postal__address_id_pk primary key constraint postal_address_id_fk references acs_objects (object_id), -- this could be a contact,person,organization etc. party_id integer constraint postal_owner_id_fk references parties (party_id), delivery_address varchar (1000), postal_code varchar (30), municipality varchar (100), region varchar (100), country_code char (2) constraint postal_addresses_country_fk references countries (iso), additional_text varchar(100), postal_type integer constraint postal_addresses_type_fk references postal_types (type_id) ); create index postal_addresses_country_ix on postal_addresses(country_code); create index postal_addresses_party_ix on postal_addresses(party_id); comment on table postal_addresses is ' This is the master address table. '; comment on column postal_addresses.delivery_address is ' This is the main delivery address. In the US of A it would be equivalent to line1, line2 and etc. '; comment on column postal_addresses.postal_code is ' This is equivalent to zip in the good ol'' US of A. '; comment on column postal_addresses.municipality is ' This is equivalent to City in the good ol'' US of A. '; comment on column postal_addresses.region is ' This is equivalent to state in the good ol'' US of A. '; comment on column postal_addresses.country_code is ' Required. This is the country of reference for validations and etc. '; -- plsql \i postal-address-plsql.sql