On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Matthias <nitrogenycs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > how can I implement temporal foreign keys with postgresql? Is writing > triggers the only way to enforce temporal referential integrity > currently? I think you need to explain what you want slightly better. My guess would be you want this create table x (d daterange primary key); create table y (e date references x (d)); which is a lookup to show that the date is within a valid date range. But you may also want this... create table x (id integer, d daterange, primary key(id, d)); create table y (id integer, xid integer, e date, foreign key (xid, e) references x (id, d)); which is to locate the valid row within a temporal lookup table. Neither is possible, as yet. Or you might want something entirely different? -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
