On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Christopher Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a "master-detail" kind of situation, as illustrated here: > > CREATE TABLE master( > id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, > foo TEXT > ); > > CREATE TABLE detail( > id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY > master BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES master(id), > bar TEXT > ); > > (this is a simplification, of course) > > I would like a way to restrict the addition of new detail records, but only > after the initial detail records have been inserted into the system.
After you create the table do something like this: create rule detail_no_insert as on insert to detail do nothing; create rule detail_no_update as on update to detail do nothing; poof. no more updates or inserts work. Note that copy will still work, as it doesn't fire rules. So, you can update the data with copy, and otherwise not touch it. -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
