Re: Temporal Databases

On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 03:34:36PM -0300, Rodrigo Sakai <rodrigo(dot)sakai(at)poli(dot)usp(dot)br> 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).
> These researches are lead by Richard Snodgrass. So, anyone who have something to share, please contact me!

Not sure if I understand the problem correctly, but the contrib/spi/timetravel
module does something which I think may be what you are talking about.

http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/pgsql/contrib/spi/README.timetravel

The docs are a bit cryptic but you should be able to grasp if it suits
your needs. Basically you can go back to any point in tabe for a
timetravel table and make date based comparisons.

Hope this helps, forgive my ignorance if if doesn't.
bkw