drop table tttest; create table tttest ( price_id int4, price_val int4, price_on abstime, price_off abstime ); create trigger timetravel before insert or delete or update on tttest for each row execute procedure timetravel (price_on, price_off); insert into tttest values (1, 1, null, null); insert into tttest(price_id, price_val) values (2, 2); insert into tttest(price_id, price_val,price_off) values (3, 3, 'infinity'); insert into tttest(price_id, price_val,price_off) values (3, 3, abstime('now'::timestamp - '100 days'::interval)); insert into tttest(price_id, price_val,price_on) values (3, 3, 'infinity'); select * from tttest; delete from tttest where price_id = 2; select * from tttest; -- what do we see ? -- get current prices select * from tttest where price_off = 'infinity'; -- change price for price_id == 3 update tttest set price_val = 30 where price_id = 3; select * from tttest; -- now we want to change price_id from 3 to 5 in ALL tuples -- but this gets us not what we need update tttest set price_id = 5 where price_id = 3; select * from tttest; -- restore data as before last update: select set_timetravel('tttest', 0); -- turn TT OFF! delete from tttest where price_id = 5; update tttest set price_off = 'infinity' where price_val = 30; select * from tttest; -- and try change price_id now! update tttest set price_id = 5 where price_id = 3; select * from tttest; -- isn't it what we need ? select set_timetravel('tttest', 1); -- turn TT ON! -- we want to correct some date update tttest set price_on = 'Jan-01-1990 00:00:01' where price_id = 5 and price_off <> 'infinity'; -- but this doesn't work -- try in this way select set_timetravel('tttest', 0); -- turn TT OFF! update tttest set price_on = '01-Jan-1990 00:00:01' where price_id = 5 and price_off <> 'infinity'; select * from tttest; -- isn't it what we need ? -- get price for price_id == 5 as it was '10-Jan-1990' select * from tttest where price_id = 5 and price_on <= '10-Jan-1990' and price_off > '10-Jan-1990';