begin; -- Design influenced by: -- https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/58970/enforcing-constraints-two-tables-away/58972#58972 -- -- iam_scope ←───── auth_method -- ↑ ↑ -- iam_user ←───── auth_account -- base table for auth methods create table auth_method ( public_id wt_public_id primary key, scope_id wt_scope_id not null references iam_scope(public_id) on delete cascade on update cascade, -- The order of columns is important for performance. See: -- https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/58970/enforcing-constraints-two-tables-away/58972#58972 -- https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/27481/is-a-composite-index-also-good-for-queries-on-the-first-field unique(scope_id, public_id) ); -- base table for auth accounts create table auth_account ( public_id wt_public_id primary key, auth_method_id wt_public_id not null, scope_id wt_scope_id not null, iam_user_id wt_public_id, foreign key (scope_id, auth_method_id) references auth_method (scope_id, public_id) on delete cascade on update cascade, foreign key (scope_id, iam_user_id) references iam_user (scope_id, public_id) on delete set null on update cascade, unique(scope_id, auth_method_id, public_id) ); create or replace function insert_auth_method_subtype() returns trigger as $$ begin insert into auth_method (public_id, scope_id) values (new.public_id, new.scope_id); return new; end; $$ language plpgsql; create or replace function insert_auth_account_subtype() returns trigger as $$ begin insert into auth_account (public_id, auth_method_id, scope_id) values (new.public_id, new.auth_method_id, new.scope_id); return new; end; $$ language plpgsql; commit;