Thread: Referential integrity
Newbie question:
I don´t know how to work with referential integrity in Postgresql :
Could someone help me?
Try using triggers: (see attached example) José Pablo Sentis ha scritto: > Part 1.1 Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > Encoding: quoted-printable --Referential integrity: --1. Don't allow to add a detail without header --2. Delete all details in cascade if one decide to delete the header --3. Update details' key in cascade if header's key is changed DROP TABLE header; CREATE TABLE header ( year integer NOT NULL, number INTEGER NOT NULL, date DATE NOT NULL, cod_client CHAR(4) NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT k_header PRIMARY KEY (year,number) ); DROP TABLE detail; CREATE TABLE detail ( year integer NOT NULL, number INTEGER NOT NULL, cod_product CHAR(05) NOT NULL, qty INTEGER NOT NULL, cost DECIMAL(8,2), CONSTRAINT k_detail PRIMARY KEY (year,number,cod_product), CONSTRAINT k_extern FOREIGN KEY(year,number) references HEADER ); drop function f_not_add_detail(); create function f_not_add_detail() returns opaque as ' declare /* to avoid insert detail if header doesn''t exist */ tot int; begin select number into tot from header where year = new.year and number = new.number; if not found then raise notice ''I cannot add a detail without header!''; return NULL; else return new; end if; end; ' language 'plpgsql'; drop function f_del_detail(); create function f_del_detail() returns opaque as ' begin -- Delete details in cascade... delete from detail where detail.year = old.year and detail.number = old.number; return new; end; ' language 'plpgsql'; drop function f_upd_detail(); create function f_upd_detail() returns opaque as ' begin -- Updates details keys in cascade... update detail set year = new.year, number = new.number where detail.year = old.year and detail.number = old.number; return new; end; ' language 'plpgsql'; create trigger t_ins_after before INSERT on detail for each row execute procedure f_not_add_detail(); create trigger t_del_after after DELETE on header for each row execute procedure f_del_detail(); create trigger t_upd_after after UPDATE on header for each row execute procedure f_upd_detail(); insert into header values(1999,321,current_date,'C128'); insert into detail values(1999,321,'B139',2,200.35); insert into header values(1997,132,current_date,'C500'); insert into detail values(1997,132,'B166',3,120.50); select * from header; select * from detail; update header set year=1998 where year=1999; select * from header; select * from detail; delete from header where year=1998; select * from header; select * from detail; insert into detail values(1999,321,'B139',2,200.35);