Re: referential integrity and defaults, DB design or trick - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: referential integrity and defaults, DB design or trick
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Msg-id 476B76FC.8060200@archonet.com
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In response to Re: referential integrity and defaults, DB design or trick  (Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it>)
Responses Re: referential integrity and defaults, DB design or trick
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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
> The default property (that is actually made by several fields) in my
> case is not completely homogeneous with the others, because it has a
> double meaning.
> It is cleaner to split the meanings and the data.

It usually is. A lot of the design decisions you can regret a year or
two down the line are from trying to use one value for two purposes.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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