hello,

consider a sample table:

create table item (id serial, parent_id int, path varchar(256));

"id" is a unique identifier of each row,
"parent_id" is an id of another row in the same table or null

what is the right way in postgresql to ensure that the "path" field of
a given row is a prefix of the "path" field of the row referenced by
the "parent_id" field? check constraints? triggers?

please advice, i am new.

thanks in advance
konstantin


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