On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Brent Wood <b.w...@niwa.co.nz> wrote:
> I believe it is possible by using a table with nulls for the -1 values with a > unique index on it as the foreign key, then a view which uses case or > coalesce to present the nulls as -1, but this seems a cumbersome workaround. This will work and yes it is a bit cumbersome but I don't think that there is much else that can be done. Another solution that is probably more cumbersome and ugly would be to vertically partition your table and include all non -1 values in it. Then use this table as the reference for your foreign key. Then create your own trigger to keep these two table in sync with each other. -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
