maybe I'm being simplistic and I know this will impact performance but
why not simply do a select to see if the condition exists before the
insert or update?
- Iulian.ILIES_at_orange.ro wrote:
> I said something like "the way the unique constraints work".
> Ok. Here's my context.
> I have a table say intervals and 2 columns start_time and end_time.
> I want to check for overlapped intervals.
> I know what conditions to check but I can't implement them.
> Thanks!
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> if unique does not suit your need what exactly do you need to check?
> duplicates: use primary key
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> Hi guys. Here's my problem.
> I want to check the new values (when inserting&updating a table)
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> using a unique constraint doesn't suit my needs.
> I think of a before insert&update trigger, wherein checking my
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