I have two tables, one defining a standard week by user department, the other defining a calendar where specific dates can deviate from the standard. The tables are shown below.
I'm trying to generate a view where I can do select * from user_department_daily_limits where de_date >= '2013-10-06' and de_date <= '2013-10-12' and it will generate 7 records using the deviation table for records that exist or the standard week where it doesn't. I'm working on the idea that I will actually have to use a date range generator functoin to actually drive the view but I still can't get my head round it. Because I'm forced to work on Postgresql 8.3.3 I've had to write my own date_range function. The best I can come up with is the following select but I can't work out how to convert it to a view. select s.s_id, s.de_id, v.date,v.day_of_week, coalesce(l.day_limit,s.day_limit,0) as day_limit from ( select date_range as date, extract(DOW from date_range) as day_of_week from date_range('2013-10-06'::date,'2013-10-12'::date) ) as v left outer join site_user_department_standard_week s on s.day_of_week = v.day_of_week left outer join site_user_department_date_limit l on s.s_id = l.s_id and s.de_id = l.de_id and v.date = l.de_date; Gary create table site_user_department_standard_week ( s_id char not null, de_id int4 not null, day_of_week int4 not null CHECK (day_of_week >= 0 and day_of_week <= 6), day_limit int4 not null CHECK (day_limit >= 0), primary key (s_id,de_id, day_of_week), foreign key (s_id, de_id) references site_user_departments (s_id, de_id) ); -- user_department_date_limit -- defines records by user department / date to override the -- standard week create table site_user_department_date_limit ( s_id char not null, de_id int4 not null, de_date date not null, day_limit int4 not null CHECK (day_limit >= 0), primary key (s_id,de_id, de_date), foreign key (s_id, de_id) references site_user_departments (s_id, de_id) ); -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql