Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes:
>>> Well I guess we could say something like:
>>>
>>> FOREIGN KEY (a-col) WHERE (a-condition) REFERENCES b(b-col) WHERE
>>> (b-condition)
>>>
>>> But it's somewhat ugly.
> OK, those make sense. I wonder whether this should be done via a USING
> clause on the constraint that pointed to the partial unique index. Or
> would that be too obscure?
I like what you have above. Yeah, it requires the more verbose syntax
for declaring a foreign key, but this feature is not going to be so
heavily used that anyone will be in danger of worsening their carpal
tunnel syndrome.
regards, tom lane
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