2010/10/25 Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Currently, foreign keys only work with the = operator (the name might be
>> different, but it needs to behave like equality).  I'm thinking there
>> are other scenarios that could be useful, for example with arrays and
>> range types.
>>
>> Example #1: Foreign key side is an array, every member must match some
>> PK.
>>
>> CREATE TABLE pk (a int PRIMARKY KEY, ...);
>>
>> CREATE TABLE fk (x int[] REFERENCES pk (a), ...);

What about optimalizations and planning? This is classic sample how
don't use a arrays?

Regards

Pavel

>
> I've wished for this before when doing app dev with PG.  I think it
> would be pretty neat.  The other cases seem potentially useful, too,
> but especially this one.
>
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