On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 11:34 -0800, Jeremy Smith wrote:
> Example:
>
> ------------------------ Begin example SQL
> create table parent (
> id serial primary key,
> foo integer,
> );
>
> create table child (
> id integer references parent(id) on delete cascade,
> bar integer
> )
>
> create view child_with_parent_explicit as
> select parent.id, parent.foo, child.bar from parent join child using(id);
>
> -- this next one is just a copy of the first, to differentiate the two scenarios
> create view child_with_parent_implicit as
> select parent.id, parent.foo, child.bar from parent join child using(id);
>
> create rule "child_with_parent_explicit_insert" as
> on insert to child_with_parent_explicit do instead (
> insert into parent(id, foo) values(new.id, new.foo);
> insert into child(id, bar) values(new.id, new.bar);
> );
>
create rule "child_with_parent_explicit_insert" as
on insert to child_with_parent_explicit do instead (
insert into parent(id, foo) values(COALESCE
(new.id,NEXTVAL('parent_id_seq')), new.foo);
insert into child(id, bar) values(COALESCE
(new.id,CURRVAL('parent_id_seq')), new.bar);
);
I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but does this help?
Regards,
Jeff Davis
