Re: Foreign key constraint for array-field?

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Dmitry Koterov <dmitry(at)koterov(dot)ru>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Foreign key constraint for array-field?
Date: 2008-09-21 03:46:45
Message-ID: 20080921034645.GA18040@fetter.org
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On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 04:38:56AM +0400, Dmitry Koterov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Is it possible to create a foreign key constraint for ALL elements of
> an array field?

Whether it's possible or not--it probably is--it's a very bad idea.
Just normalize :)

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David.
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