Adding constraints

Hypertables support all standard PostgreSQL constraint types, with the exception of foreign key constraints on other tables that reference values in a hypertable. Creating, deleting, or altering constraints on hypertables will propagate to chunks, accounting also for any indexes associated with the constraints. For instance, a table can be created as follows:

CREATE TABLE conditions (
    time       TIMESTAMPTZ
    temp       FLOAT NOT NULL,
    device_id  INTEGER CHECK (device_id > 0),
    location   INTEGER REFERENCES locations (id),
    PRIMARY KEY(time, device_id)
);
SELECT create_hypertable('conditions', 'time');

This table will only allow positive device IDs, non-null temperature readings, and will guarantee unique time values for each device. It also references values in another locations table via a foreign key constraint. Note that time columns used for partitioning do not allow NULL values by default. TimescaleDB will automatically add a NOT NULL constraint to such columns if missing.

For additional information on how to manage constraints, see the PostgreSQL docs.