-- Implementation of a CONSTRAINT on non-overlapping datetime ranges
-- , using the Postgres rulesystem.
-- This mechanism should work for 8.4, without needing triggers.(tested on 9.0)
-- We need a shadow-table for the rangesonly to avoid recursion in the rulesystem.
-- This shadow table has a canary variable with a CONSTRAINT (value=0) on it
-- , and on changes to the basetable (that overlap with an existing interval)
-- an attempt is made to modify this variable. (which of course fails)
-- CREATE SCHEMA tmp;
DROP table tmp.dates_shadow CASCADE;
CREATE table tmp.dates_shadow
( time_begin timestamp with time zone
, time_end timestamp with time zone
, overlap_canary INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' CHECK (overlap_canary=0)
);
ALTER table tmp.dates_shadow
ADD PRIMARY KEY (time_begin,time_end)
;
DROP table tmp.dates CASCADE;
CREATE table tmp.dates
( time_begin timestamp with time zone
, time_end timestamp with time zone
, payload varchar
);
ALTER table tmp.dates
ADD PRIMARY KEY (time_begin,time_end)
;
CREATE RULE dates_i AS
ON INSERT TO tmp.dates
DO ALSO (
-- verify shadow
UPDATE tmp.dates_shadow ds
SET overlap_canary= 1
WHERE (ds.time_begin, ds.time_end)
OVERLAPS ( NEW.time_begin, NEW.time_end)
;
-- insert shadow
INSERT INTO tmp.dates_shadow (time_begin,time_end)
VALUES (NEW.time_begin, NEW.time_end)
;
);
CREATE RULE dates_d AS
ON DELETE TO tmp.dates
DO ALSO (
DELETE FROM tmp.dates_shadow ds
WHERE ds.time_begin = OLD.time_begin
AND ds.time_end = OLD.time_end
;
);
CREATE RULE dates_u AS
ON UPDATE TO tmp.dates
WHERE NEW.time_begin <> OLD.time_begin
AND NEW.time_end <> OLD.time_end
DO ALSO (
-- delete shadow
DELETE FROM tmp.dates_shadow ds
WHERE ds.time_begin = OLD.time_begin
AND ds.time_end = OLD.time_end
;
-- verify shadow
UPDATE tmp.dates_shadow ds
SET overlap_canary= 1
WHERE (ds.time_begin, ds.time_end)
OVERLAPS ( NEW.time_begin, NEW.time_end)
;
-- insert shadow
INSERT INTO tmp.dates_shadow (time_begin,time_end)
VALUES (NEW.time_begin, NEW.time_end)
;
);
INSERT INTO tmp.dates(time_begin,time_end) VALUES
('2011-09-01', '2011-09-10')
, ('2011-09-10', '2011-09-20')
, ('2011-09-20', '2011-09-30')
;
SELECT * FROM tmp.dates;
EXPLAIN ANALYZE
INSERT INTO tmp.dates(time_begin,time_end) VALUES ('2011-09-30', '2011-10-04')
;
INSERT INTO tmp.dates(time_begin,time_end) VALUES ('2011-09-02', '2011-09-04')
;
SELECT * FROM tmp.dates;
SELECT * FROM tmp.dates_shadow;