Mark True <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > Here is the question: > > I have a situation where I need to create triggers to cascade an insert > operation to many tables to maintain foreign key constraints. > > So at a high level > > INSERT INTO myTable (Name, Address, Zip) VALUES ('Mark', '3 Dingle St.', > '01832') > > myTable has a relation to two other tables, which contain Zip and Address. > Before I insert into myTable I want to: > > Check if '3 Dingle St.' exists in table Address, if not insert it > Check if '01832' exists in table Zip and if not insert it
For such task i write a function (plpgsql). This obtains all parameters, do the checks and insert into the other tables and the table with the fk constraints. HTH, Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknow) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org