-- New tables to model object-based views. Since view names must be unique in SQL -- we force them to be unique in our datamodel, too (rather than only unique to the -- object type). create table acs_views ( object_view text constraint acs_views_object_view_pk primary key, object_type text constraint acs_views_object_type_fk references acs_object_types on delete cascade, pretty_name text constraint acs_views_pretty_name_nn not null, root_view_p boolean default 'f' constraint acs_views_root_view_p_nn not null ); comment on table acs_views is ' Track information on object type-based views, including the initial view created for an object type '; comment on column acs_views.object_view is ' The name of the view. The initial view for an object type is given the name "object_type_name_v". If the object type the view references is deleted, the acs_view will be dropped, too. '; comment on column acs_views.object_type is ' The object type this view is built from. '; comment on column acs_views.pretty_name is ' Pretty name for this view '; create table acs_view_attributes ( attribute_id integer constraint acs_view_attributes_attribute_id_fk references acs_attributes on delete cascade, view_attribute text, object_view text constraint acs_view_attributes_object_view_fk references acs_views(object_view) on delete cascade, pretty_name text constraint acs_views_pretty_name_nn not null, sort_order integer constraint acs_views_sort_order not null, col_expr text constraint acs_view_attributes_type_col_spec_nn not null, constraint acs_view_attributes_pk primary key (object_view, attribute_id) ); comment on table acs_view_attributes is ' Track information on view attributes. This extends the acs_attributes table with view-specific attribute information. If the view or object type attribute referenced by the view attribute is deleted, the view attribute will be, too. '; comment on column acs_view_attributes.attribute_id is ' The acs_attributes row we are augmenting with view-specific information. This is not used as the primary key because multiple views might use the same acs_attribute. '; comment on column acs_view_attributes.view_attribute is ' The name assigned to this column in the view. Usually it is the acs_attribute name, but if multiple attributes have the same name, they are disambiguated with suffixes of the form _N. '; comment on column acs_view_attributes.object_view is ' The name of the view this attribute is being declared for. '; comment on column acs_view_attributes.pretty_name is ' The pretty name of the view. '; comment on column acs_view_attributes.sort_order is ' The order of display when shown to a user. A bit odd to have it here, but the original object attributes have a sort_order defined, so for consistency we will do the same for view attributes. '; comment on column acs_view_attributes.col_expr is ' The expression used to build the column. Usually just the acs_attribute name, but certain datatypes might call a function on the attribute value (i.e. "to_char()" for timestamp types). '; select define_function_args('acs_view__drop_sql_view','object_view'); create or replace function acs_view__drop_sql_view (varchar) returns integer as ' declare p_view alias for $1; begin if table_exists(p_view) then execute ''drop view '' || p_view; end if; return 0; end;' language 'plpgsql'; select define_function_args('acs_view__create_sql_view','object_view'); create or replace function acs_view__create_sql_view (varchar) returns integer as ' declare p_view alias for $1; v_cols varchar; v_tabs varchar; v_joins varchar; v_first_p boolean; v_join_rec record; v_attr_rec record; v_tree_sortkey_found_p boolean; begin if length(p_view) > 64 then raise exception ''View name "%" cannot be longer than 64 characters.'',p_type; end if; if not exists (select 1 from acs_views where object_view = p_view) then raise exception ''No object type named "%" exists'',p_view; end if; v_tabs := ''''; v_joins := ''''; v_first_p := ''t''; v_tree_sortkey_found_p := ''f''; v_cols := ''acs_objects.object_id as '' || p_view || ''_id''; for v_join_rec in select ot2.object_type, ot2.table_name, ot2.id_column, tree_level(ot2.tree_sortkey) as level from acs_object_types ot1, acs_object_types ot2, acs_views ov where ov.object_view = p_view and ot1.object_type = ov.object_type and ot1.tree_sortkey between ot2.tree_sortkey and tree_right(ot2.tree_sortkey) order by ot2.tree_sortkey desc loop if v_join_rec.table_name is not null then if not v_tree_sortkey_found_p and column_exists(v_join_rec.table_name, ''tree_sortkey'') then v_cols := v_cols || '','' || v_join_rec.table_name || ''.tree_sortkey''; v_tree_sortkey_found_p := ''t''; end if; if not v_first_p then v_tabs := v_tabs || '', ''; end if; v_tabs := v_tabs || v_join_rec.table_name; if v_join_rec.table_name <> ''acs_objects'' then if not v_first_p then v_joins := v_joins || '' and ''; end if; v_joins := v_joins || '' acs_objects.object_id = '' || v_join_rec.table_name || ''.'' || v_join_rec.id_column; end if; v_first_p := ''f''; end if; end loop; for v_attr_rec in select view_attribute, col_expr from acs_view_attributes where object_view = p_view order by sort_order loop v_cols := v_cols || '','' || v_attr_rec.col_expr || '' as '' || v_attr_rec.view_attribute; end loop; if v_joins <> '''' then v_joins := '' where '' || v_joins; end if; if table_exists(p_view) then execute ''drop view '' || p_view; end if; execute ''create or replace view '' || p_view || '' as select '' || v_cols || '' from '' || v_tabs || v_joins; return 0; end;' language 'plpgsql'; -- Create the attributes select view for a type. The view is given the type's table -- name appended with "v". The only id column returned is object_id, which avoids duplicate -- column name issues. select define_function_args('acs_object_type__refresh_view','object_type'); -- Need to create the view and view attribute metadata ... create or replace function acs_object_type__refresh_view (varchar) returns integer as ' declare p_type alias for $1; v_attr_rec record; v_type_rec record; v_dupes integer; v_view_attribute text; v_col_expr text; v_sort_order integer; v_view text; begin if not exists (select 1 from acs_object_types where object_type = p_type) then raise exception ''No object type named "%" exists'',p_type; end if; v_view := replace(p_type, '':'', ''_'') || ''_v''; delete from acs_views where object_view = v_view; insert into acs_views (object_view, object_type, pretty_name, root_view_p) select v_view, p_type, pretty_name, ''t'' from acs_object_types where object_type = p_type; v_sort_order := 1; for v_type_rec in select ot2.object_type, ot2.table_name, ot2.id_column, tree_level(ot2.tree_sortkey) as level from acs_object_types ot1, acs_object_types ot2 where ot1.object_type = p_type and ot1.tree_sortkey between ot2.tree_sortkey and tree_right(ot2.tree_sortkey) order by ot2.tree_sortkey desc loop for v_attr_rec in select a.attribute_name, d.column_output_function, a.attribute_id, a.pretty_name from acs_attributes a, acs_datatypes d where a.object_type = v_type_rec.object_type and a.storage = ''type_specific'' and a.table_name is null and a.datatype = d.datatype loop v_view_attribute := v_attr_rec.attribute_name; v_col_expr := v_type_rec.table_name || ''.'' || v_view_attribute; if v_attr_rec.column_output_function is not null then execute ''select '' || v_attr_rec.column_output_function || ''('''''' || v_col_expr || '''''')'' into v_col_expr; end if; -- The check for dupes could be rolled into the select above but it is far more -- readable when broken out, I think. v_dupes := count(*) from acs_attributes where attribute_name = v_attr_rec.attribute_name and object_type in (select ot2.object_type from acs_object_types ot1, acs_object_types ot2 where ot1.object_type = v_type_rec.object_type and ot1.tree_sortkey between tree_left(ot2.tree_sortkey) and tree_right(ot2.tree_sortkey)); if v_dupes > 0 then v_view_attribute := v_view_attribute || ''_'' || substr(to_char(v_dupes, ''9''),2,1); end if; insert into acs_view_attributes (attribute_id, view_attribute, object_view, pretty_name, sort_order, col_expr) values (v_attr_rec.attribute_id, v_view_attribute, v_view, v_attr_rec.pretty_name, v_sort_order, v_col_expr); v_sort_order := v_sort_order + 1; end loop; end loop; perform acs_view__create_sql_view(replace(p_type, '':'', ''_'') || ''_v''); for v_type_rec in select object_type from acs_object_types where supertype = p_type loop perform acs_object_type__refresh_view(v_type_rec.object_type); end loop; return 0; end;' language 'plpgsql'; select acs_object_type__refresh_view('acs_object');