From: | miller_2555 <nabble(dot)30(dot)miller_2555(at)spamgourmet(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Transaction Strategies for Natural Primary Keys & Cascading Updates |
Date: | 2009-09-08 23:10:06 |
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Richard Broersma wrote:
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> For those experienced using natural primary key designs, what update
> strategies do you use when updating related tuples within a
> transaction when the primary key is also subject to changes?
>
> For example consider a table is vertically partitioned into two or
> more segments (all related on the natural primary key). Allowing for
> the primary key to be updated (and cascaded to the foreign keys), are
> there any ways to updated all of the tuples in a single transaction
> using the primary key in the where clause?
>
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Perhaps table inheritance with OIDS (if I understand the concept of vertical
partitioning correctly)? I'm an amateur at database design, but thought I'd
offer something.
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