Re: Lookup tables

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Lookup tables
Date: 2025-02-04 17:05:42
Message-ID: 868eea77-7a0c-4fca-b9a3-7a38ffe5087f@gmail.com
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On 2/4/25 10:03, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM Michał Kłeczek <michal(at)kleczek(dot)org> wrote:
> [snip]
>
>
> The query to register a visit is:
> insert into restaurant_visit
> select $user, current_date, restaurant_id, $rating
> from restaurant where name = $restaurant_name
>
>
> It is now completely unclear what it means to change the name of
> the restaurant for already registered visits.
> Is it still the same restaurant with a different name or a
> different restaurant?
>
> Or let say someone swaps names of two restaurants.
> That means a user that goes to the same restaurant every day would
> register visits to two different restaurants!
>
>
> Valid concerns, which means that you add a new restaurant record when
> the name changes.
>

And there goes your unique index on phone number :)

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