Re: Constants in the foreighn key constraints - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Mimiko
Subject Re: Constants in the foreighn key constraints
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Msg-id a492e187-778f-57a0-92c7-130e66d6cd5d@gmail.com
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In response to Constants in the foreighn key constraints  (aleksey ksenzov <alekseyksenzov@gmail.com>)
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As a workaround, create a table with only one column and one value = `false` and foreign to it.

On 22.11.2019 16:32, aleksey ksenzov wrote:
> Latest time we faced several issues which wouldn't arise provided we have possibility to use constants in foreign key
constraints.
> brief example where it would be helpful:
> 
> table_a
> ( id uuid,
> parent_id uuid,
> is_deleted boolean
> )
> having possibility of FK (parent_id, false) to (id, is_deleted)
> would disallow setting parent record deleted flag to true if they have children, or insert record with is_deleted =
trueparent.
 



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