Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-03-08 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 12:56:38 -0300, Rodrigo Sakai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, but actually I'm not concerned about logging old values. I'm concerned > about checking temporal constraints. Entity Integrity (PK) and Referential > Integrity (FK). Did you see the reference to 'Developing

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-03-08 Thread Rodrigo Sakai
attention!! - Original Message - From: "Brad Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Rodrigo Sakai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Michael Glaesemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 1

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-03-08 Thread Rodrigo Sakai
ai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Michael Glaesemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 00:20 -0300, Rodrigo Sakai wrote: It's a good solution, but not what I'm looking for. I&#x

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases, offtopic - relative updates

2006-02-28 Thread Christopher Browne
In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]") transmitted: > I have a somehow related question to this topic: is it possible to > know (in postgresql) if an update on a column is absolute (set col = > 3) or relative to it's previous value (set col =

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases, offtopic - relative updates

2006-02-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hello, I have a somehow related question to this topic: is it possible to know (in postgresql) if an update on a column is absolute (set col = 3) or relative to it's previous value (set col = col + 3) in a trigger one have access to OLD row values and NEW row values, but no correlation betwee

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-25 Thread Christopher Browne
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Jim C. Nasby") wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:56:58AM -0500, Brad Nicholson wrote: >> Simon Riggs wrote: >> >> >A much easier way is to start a serialized transaction every 10 minutes >> >and leave the transaction idle-in-transa

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-25 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:56:58AM -0500, Brad Nicholson wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote: > > >A much easier way is to start a serialized transaction every 10 minutes > >and leave the transaction idle-in-transaction. If you decide you really > >need to you can start requesting data through that transac

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-24 Thread Chris Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Weisshuhn) writes: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 03:34:36PM -0300, Rodrigo Sakai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I'm focus on temporal databases (not temporary), and I want to know >> if anyone here is studying this tecnologies too. So, we can >> exchange knowlegment. Speci

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-24 Thread Brad Nicholson
Simon Riggs wrote: A much easier way is to start a serialized transaction every 10 minutes and leave the transaction idle-in-transaction. If you decide you really need to you can start requesting data through that transaction, since it can "see back in time" and you already know what the snapsho

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-24 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 00:20 -0300, Rodrigo Sakai wrote: > It's a good solution, but not what I'm looking for. > I'm looking for something implemented inside the database, like the > flashback functionality of oracle 10g. I think you need to be clear about why you want this: do you want this as a

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-23 Thread Rodrigo Sakai
chael, I will have a look on the Date's article. - Original Message - From: "Michael Glaesemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rodrigo Sakai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases On

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-23 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:34 , Rodrigo Sakai wrote: I'm focus on temporal databases (not temporary), and I want to know if anyone here is studying this tecnologies too. So, we can exchange knowlegment. Specifically, anyone who is trying to implement on postgresql the aspect of time (temporal

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-23 Thread elein
There is also a description of an implementation for timetravel at http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/122.php If you would like to discuss this further, please let me know. I've know postgres's and illustra's timetravel implementations. --elein [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 10:52:13

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-23 Thread Bernhard Weisshuhn
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 03:34:36PM -0300, Rodrigo Sakai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm focus on temporal databases (not temporary), and I want to know if > anyone here is studying this tecnologies too. So, we can exchange > knowlegment. Specifically, anyone who is trying to implement on

Re: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-23 Thread Dann Corbit
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Sakai Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:35 AM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] Temporal Databases     Hi everyone,     I'm focus on temporal databases (not temporary), and I want to know if anyone here is studying

[GENERAL] Temporal Databases

2006-02-23 Thread Rodrigo Sakai
  Hi everyone,     I'm focus on temporal databases (not temporary), and I want to know if anyone here is studying this tecnologies too. So, we can exchange knowlegment. Specifically, anyone who is trying to implement on postgresql the aspect of time (temporal).   These researches are le