On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Rémi Cura <remi.cura@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey dear list, > I can't find a nice solution to enforce a necessary behaviour in my case : > I want a parent table to remain empty. > > Of course I could define a trigger and return NULL in any case, but I'd like > a more elegant approach using check or constraints. You could probably do it with a simple constraint: postgres=# create table dum(check (false)); CREATE TABLE postgres=# insert into dum default values; ERROR: new row for relation "dum" violates check constraint "dum_check" DETAIL: Failing row contains (). -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general