Re: Restrict inserts to meet certain conditions?

I'm seriously intrigued by the idea of trying postgres for this project...
Thanks!

On 30. Sep 2007, at 15:08, Rob Wultsch wrote:

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> You want a feature like a check constraint:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/ddl-constraints.html
>
> which does exist in mysql.
>
> A trigger can be used to replicate this feature, in a less than
> ideal manner...
>
> On 9/29/07, David Zentgraf <deceze@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to restrict Inserts and Updates to meet certain
>> conditions?
>> In one of my tables lets say field A, B and C can be NULL, but not
>> all at once. Depending on what type of item I want to store, A needs
>> to be NULL, but B and C need values, for other types A needs a value
>> but B and C can be NULL etc.
>> Is it possible to implement this checking logic on the database level
>> via CONSTRAINTs or something similar?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Dav
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