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Series: patch v28-0005
Subject: Support multiranges or any type in temporal FKs
File+
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml 4 1
src/backend/catalog/pg_constraint.c 31 8
src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c 2 1
src/backend/utils/adt/ri_triggers.c 59 9
src/include/catalog/pg_constraint.h 4 3
src/test/regress/expected/without_overlaps.out 421 0
src/test/regress/sql/without_overlaps.sql 352 0
From 00c0561ab20309523058cf01fe425e722c9b487c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul A. Jungwirth" <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:43:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH v28 5/9] Support multiranges or any type in temporal FKs

Use referencedagg GiST support func to aggregate the PK records into one
object that can be compared to the FK side.
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml            |   5 +-
 src/backend/catalog/pg_constraint.c           |  39 +-
 src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c              |   3 +-
 src/backend/utils/adt/ri_triggers.c           |  68 ++-
 src/include/catalog/pg_constraint.h           |   7 +-
 .../regress/expected/without_overlaps.out     | 421 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/regress/sql/without_overlaps.sql     | 352 +++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 873 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index e4778a4079e..db93d1e5ca6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -1185,7 +1185,10 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
       whose combined <literal>PERIOD</literal> values completely cover
       the referencing record's.
       In other words, the reference must have a referent for its entire duration.
-      This column must be a column with a range type.
+      Normally this column would be a range or multirange type,
+      although any type whose GiST opclass has a "contained by" operator
+      and a <literal>referencedagg</literal> support function is allowed.
+      (See <xref linkend="gist-extensibility"/>.)
       In addition the referenced table must have a primary key
       or unique constraint declared with <literal>WITHOUT PORTION</literal>.
      </para>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_constraint.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_constraint.c
index 27581c055fb..6a039a353cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_constraint.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_constraint.c
@@ -1607,21 +1607,29 @@ DeconstructFkConstraintRow(HeapTuple tuple, int *numfks,
 }
 
 /*
- * FindFkPeriodOpers -
+ * FindFkPeriodOpersAndProcs -
  *
- * Looks up the operator oids used for the PERIOD part of a temporal foreign key.
+ * Looks up the operator and support proc oids used for the PERIOD part of a temporal foreign key.
  * The opclass should be the opclass of that PERIOD element.
  * Everything else is an output: periodoperoid is the ContainedBy operator for
- * types matching the PERIOD element.
+ * types matching the PERIOD element. periodprocoid is a GiST support function to
+ * aggregate multiple PERIOD element values into a single value
+ * (whose return type need not match its inputs,
+ * e.g. many ranges can be aggregated into a multirange).
  * And aggedperiodoperoid is also a ContainedBy operator,
- * but one whose rhs is anymultirange.
+ * but one whose rhs matches the type returned by aggedperiodoperoid.
  * That way foreign keys can compare fkattr <@ range_agg(pkattr).
  */
 void
-FindFKPeriodOpers(Oid opclass,
-				  Oid *periodoperoid,
-				  Oid *aggedperiodoperoid)
+FindFKPeriodOpersAndProcs(Oid opclass,
+						  Oid *periodoperoid,
+						  Oid *aggedperiodoperoid,
+						  Oid *periodprocoid)
 {
+	Oid	opfamily;
+	Oid	opcintype;
+	Oid	aggrettype;
+	Oid	funcid = InvalidOid;
 	StrategyNumber strat;
 
 	/*
@@ -1636,6 +1644,21 @@ FindFKPeriodOpers(Oid opclass,
 									 periodoperoid,
 									 &strat);
 
+	/* Now look up the support proc for aggregation. */
+	if (get_opclass_opfamily_and_input_type(opclass, &opfamily, &opcintype))
+		funcid = get_opfamily_proc(opfamily, opcintype, opcintype, GIST_REFERENCED_AGG_PROC);
+
+	if (!OidIsValid(funcid))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+				 errmsg("no support func %u found for FOREIGN KEY constraint", GIST_REFERENCED_AGG_PROC),
+				 errhint("Define a referencedagg support function for your GiST opclass.")));
+
+	*periodprocoid = funcid;
+
+	/* Look up the function's rettype. */
+	aggrettype = get_func_rettype(funcid);
+
 	/*
 	 * Now look up the ContainedBy operator.
 	 * Its left arg must be the type of the column (or rather of the opclass).
@@ -1643,7 +1666,7 @@ FindFKPeriodOpers(Oid opclass,
 	 */
 	strat = RTContainedByStrategyNumber;
 	GetOperatorFromWellKnownStrategy(opclass,
-									 ANYMULTIRANGEOID,
+									 aggrettype,
 									 aggedperiodoperoid,
 									 &strat);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 9de519ea6e5..48aa45c0b51 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -10257,8 +10257,9 @@ ATAddForeignKeyConstraint(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 	{
 		Oid			periodoperoid;
 		Oid			aggedperiodoperoid;
+		Oid			periodprocoid;
 
-		FindFKPeriodOpers(opclasses[numpks - 1], &periodoperoid, &aggedperiodoperoid);
+		FindFKPeriodOpersAndProcs(opclasses[numpks - 1], &periodoperoid, &aggedperiodoperoid, &periodprocoid);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ri_triggers.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ri_triggers.c
index a84b4ee3387..f9cb8134841 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ri_triggers.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ri_triggers.c
@@ -124,8 +124,13 @@ typedef struct RI_ConstraintInfo
 	Oid			pf_eq_oprs[RI_MAX_NUMKEYS]; /* equality operators (PK = FK) */
 	Oid			pp_eq_oprs[RI_MAX_NUMKEYS]; /* equality operators (PK = PK) */
 	Oid			ff_eq_oprs[RI_MAX_NUMKEYS]; /* equality operators (FK = FK) */
-	Oid			period_contained_by_oper;	/* anyrange <@ anyrange */
-	Oid			agged_period_contained_by_oper;	/* anyrange <@ anymultirange */
+	Oid			period_contained_by_oper;	/* anyrange <@ anyrange,
+											   (or whatever type is used) */
+	Oid			agged_period_contained_by_oper;	/* anyrange <@ referencedagg result
+												   (or whatever types are used) */
+	Oid			period_referenced_agg_proc;	/* referencedagg GiST support proc
+											   to combine PK ranges */
+	Oid			period_referenced_agg_rettype;	/* rettype for previous */
 	dlist_node	valid_link;		/* Link in list of valid entries */
 } RI_ConstraintInfo;
 
@@ -233,6 +238,7 @@ static void ri_ReportViolation(const RI_ConstraintInfo *riinfo,
 							   Relation pk_rel, Relation fk_rel,
 							   TupleTableSlot *violatorslot, TupleDesc tupdesc,
 							   int queryno, bool partgone) pg_attribute_noreturn();
+static void lookupPeriodRIProc(const RI_ConstraintInfo *riinfo, char **aggname);
 
 
 /*
@@ -421,15 +427,17 @@ RI_FKey_check(TriggerData *trigdata)
 		appendStringInfoString(&querybuf, " FOR KEY SHARE OF x");
 		if (riinfo->hasperiod)
 		{
+			char   *aggname;
 			Oid		fk_type = RIAttType(fk_rel, riinfo->fk_attnums[riinfo->nkeys - 1]);
-			Oid		agg_rettype = ANYMULTIRANGEOID;
+			Oid		agg_rettype = riinfo->period_referenced_agg_rettype;
 
+			lookupPeriodRIProc(riinfo, &aggname);
 			appendStringInfo(&querybuf, ") x1 HAVING ");
 			sprintf(paramname, "$%d", riinfo->nkeys);
 			ri_GenerateQual(&querybuf, "",
 							paramname, fk_type,
 							riinfo->agged_period_contained_by_oper,
-							"pg_catalog.range_agg", agg_rettype);
+							aggname, agg_rettype);
 			appendStringInfo(&querybuf, "(x1.r)");
 		}
 
@@ -591,15 +599,17 @@ ri_Check_Pk_Match(Relation pk_rel, Relation fk_rel,
 		appendStringInfoString(&querybuf, " FOR KEY SHARE OF x");
 		if (riinfo->hasperiod)
 		{
+			char   *aggname;
 			Oid		fk_type = RIAttType(fk_rel, riinfo->fk_attnums[riinfo->nkeys - 1]);
-			Oid		agg_rettype = ANYMULTIRANGEOID;
+			Oid		agg_rettype = riinfo->period_referenced_agg_rettype;
 
+			lookupPeriodRIProc(riinfo, &aggname);
 			appendStringInfo(&querybuf, ") x1 HAVING ");
 			sprintf(paramname, "$%d", riinfo->nkeys);
 			ri_GenerateQual(&querybuf, "",
 							paramname, fk_type,
 							riinfo->agged_period_contained_by_oper,
-							"pg_catalog.range_agg", agg_rettype);
+							aggname, agg_rettype);
 			appendStringInfo(&querybuf, "(x1.r)");
 		}
 
@@ -2272,9 +2282,11 @@ ri_LoadConstraintInfo(Oid constraintOid)
 	if (riinfo->hasperiod)
 	{
 		Oid	opclass = get_index_column_opclass(conForm->conindid, riinfo->nkeys);
-		FindFKPeriodOpers(opclass,
-						  &riinfo->period_contained_by_oper,
-						  &riinfo->agged_period_contained_by_oper);
+		FindFKPeriodOpersAndProcs(opclass,
+								  &riinfo->period_contained_by_oper,
+								  &riinfo->agged_period_contained_by_oper,
+								  &riinfo->period_referenced_agg_proc);
+		riinfo->period_referenced_agg_rettype = get_func_rettype(riinfo->period_referenced_agg_proc);
 	}
 
 	ReleaseSysCache(tup);
@@ -3137,3 +3149,41 @@ RI_FKey_trigger_type(Oid tgfoid)
 
 	return RI_TRIGGER_NONE;
 }
+
+/*
+ * lookupPeriodRIProc -
+ *
+ * Gets the name of the aggregate function
+ * used to build the SQL for temporal RI constraints.
+ * Raises an error if not found.
+ */
+static void
+lookupPeriodRIProc(const RI_ConstraintInfo *riinfo, char **aggname)
+{
+	Oid			oid = riinfo->period_referenced_agg_proc;
+	HeapTuple	tp;
+	Form_pg_proc functup;
+	char	   *namesp;
+	char	   *func;
+
+
+	if (!OidIsValid(oid))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+				 errmsg("no referencedagg support function for foreign key constraint \"%s\"",
+						NameStr(riinfo->conname)),
+				 errhint("You must use an operator class with a referencedagg support function.")));
+
+	tp = SearchSysCache1(PROCOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(riinfo->period_referenced_agg_proc));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tp))
+		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for function %u", oid);
+
+	functup = (Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(tp);
+	namesp = get_namespace_name(functup->pronamespace);
+	func = NameStr(functup->proname);
+
+	*aggname = psprintf("%s.%s", quote_identifier(namesp), quote_identifier(func));
+
+	pfree(namesp);
+	ReleaseSysCache(tp);
+}
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_constraint.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_constraint.h
index c644c7ddbbe..e4f4c2ffaf1 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_constraint.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_constraint.h
@@ -283,9 +283,10 @@ extern void DeconstructFkConstraintRow(HeapTuple tuple, int *numfks,
 									   AttrNumber *conkey, AttrNumber *confkey,
 									   Oid *pf_eq_oprs, Oid *pp_eq_oprs, Oid *ff_eq_oprs,
 									   int *num_fk_del_set_cols, AttrNumber *fk_del_set_cols);
-extern void FindFKPeriodOpers(Oid opclass,
-							  Oid *periodoperoid,
-							  Oid *aggedperiodoperoid);
+extern void FindFKPeriodOpersAndProcs(Oid opclass,
+									  Oid *periodoperoid,
+									  Oid *aggedperiodoperoid,
+									  Oid *periodprocoid);
 
 extern bool check_functional_grouping(Oid relid,
 									  Index varno, Index varlevelsup,
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/without_overlaps.out b/src/test/regress/expected/without_overlaps.out
index cdc55395133..a3eecf1d79b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/without_overlaps.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/without_overlaps.out
@@ -99,6 +99,51 @@ CREATE TABLE temporal_rng3 (
 ALTER TABLE temporal_rng3 DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_rng3_pk;
 DROP TABLE temporal_rng3;
 DROP TYPE textrange2;
+-- PK with one column plus a multirange:
+CREATE TABLE temporal_mltrng (
+  id int4range,
+  valid_at datemultirange,
+  CONSTRAINT temporal_mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+);
+\d temporal_mltrng
+               Table "public.temporal_mltrng"
+  Column  |      Type      | Collation | Nullable | Default 
+----------+----------------+-----------+----------+---------
+ id       | int4range      |           | not null | 
+ valid_at | datemultirange |           | not null | 
+Indexes:
+    "temporal_mltrng_pk" PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+
+-- PK with two columns plus a multirange:
+-- We don't drop this table because tests below also need multiple scalar columns.
+CREATE TABLE temporal_mltrng2 (
+	id1 int4range,
+	id2 int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_mltrng2_pk PRIMARY KEY (id1, id2, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+);
+\d temporal_mltrng2
+              Table "public.temporal_mltrng2"
+  Column  |      Type      | Collation | Nullable | Default 
+----------+----------------+-----------+----------+---------
+ id1      | int4range      |           | not null | 
+ id2      | int4range      |           | not null | 
+ valid_at | datemultirange |           | not null | 
+Indexes:
+    "temporal_mltrng2_pk" PRIMARY KEY (id1, id2, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+
+SELECT pg_get_constraintdef(oid) FROM pg_constraint WHERE conname = 'temporal_mltrng2_pk';
+               pg_get_constraintdef                
+---------------------------------------------------
+ PRIMARY KEY (id1, id2, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_get_indexdef(conindid, 0, true) FROM pg_constraint WHERE conname = 'temporal_mltrng2_pk';
+                                       pg_get_indexdef                                       
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX temporal_mltrng2_pk ON temporal_mltrng2 USING gist (id1, id2, valid_at)
+(1 row)
+
 -- UNIQUE with no columns just WITHOUT OVERLAPS:
 CREATE TABLE temporal_rng3 (
 	valid_at daterange,
@@ -275,6 +320,30 @@ DETAIL:  Failing row contains (null, [2018-01-01,2018-01-05)).
 INSERT INTO temporal_rng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[3,4)', NULL);
 ERROR:  null value in column "valid_at" of relation "temporal_rng" violates not-null constraint
 DETAIL:  Failing row contains ([3,4), null).
+-- okay:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-02-03')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-03-03', '2018-04-04')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[2,3)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', NULL)));
+-- should fail:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05')));
+ERROR:  conflicting key value violates exclusion constraint "temporal_mltrng_pk"
+DETAIL:  Key (id, valid_at)=([1,2), {[2018-01-01,2018-01-05)}) conflicts with existing key (id, valid_at)=([1,2), {[2018-01-02,2018-02-03)}).
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES (NULL, datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05')));
+ERROR:  null value in column "id" of relation "temporal_mltrng" violates not-null constraint
+DETAIL:  Failing row contains (null, {[2018-01-01,2018-01-05)}).
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[3,4)', NULL);
+ERROR:  null value in column "valid_at" of relation "temporal_mltrng" violates not-null constraint
+DETAIL:  Failing row contains ([3,4), null).
+SELECT * FROM temporal_mltrng ORDER BY id, valid_at;
+  id   |         valid_at          
+-------+---------------------------
+ [1,2) | {[2018-01-02,2018-02-03)}
+ [1,2) | {[2018-03-03,2018-04-04)}
+ [2,3) | {[2018-01-01,2018-01-05)}
+ [3,4) | {[2018-01-01,)}
+(4 rows)
+
 --
 -- test a range with both a PK and a UNIQUE constraint
 --
@@ -828,6 +897,358 @@ ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_rng2rng
 		ON DELETE SET DEFAULT ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT;
 ERROR:  invalid ON DELETE action for foreign key constraint using PERIOD
 --
+-- test FOREIGN KEY, multirange references multirange
+--
+-- Can't create a FK with a mismatched multirange type
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at int4multirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk2 PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk2 FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+ERROR:  foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk2" cannot be implemented
+DETAIL:  Key columns "valid_at" and "valid_at" are of incompatible types: int4multirange and datemultirange.
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+DROP TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+-- with mismatched PERIOD columns:
+-- (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at) REFERENCES (id, valid_at)
+-- REFERENCES part should specify PERIOD
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at)
+);
+ERROR:  foreign key uses PERIOD on the referencing table but not the referenced table
+-- (parent_id, valid_at) REFERENCES (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+ERROR:  foreign key uses PERIOD on the referenced table but not the referencing table
+-- (parent_id, valid_at) REFERENCES [implicit]
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng
+);
+ERROR:  number of referencing and referenced columns for foreign key disagree
+-- (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at) REFERENCES (id)
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id)
+);
+ERROR:  foreign key uses PERIOD on the referencing table but not the referenced table
+-- (parent_id) REFERENCES (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+ERROR:  foreign key uses PERIOD on the referenced table but not the referencing table
+-- with inferred PK on the referenced table:
+-- (This is not permitted by the SQL standard. See 11.8 syntax rule 4b.)
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng
+);
+ERROR:  foreign key uses PERIOD on the referencing table but not the referenced table
+-- (parent_id) REFERENCES [implicit]
+-- This finds the PK (omitting the WITHOUT OVERLAPS element),
+-- but it's not a b-tree index, so it fails anyway.
+-- Anyway it must fail because the two sides have a different definition of "unique".
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng
+);
+ERROR:  only b-tree indexes are supported for foreign keys
+-- should fail because of duplicate referenced columns:
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD parent_id)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD id)
+);
+ERROR:  foreign key referenced-columns list must not contain duplicates
+-- Two scalar columns
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id1 int4range,
+	parent_id2 int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id1, parent_id2, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng2 (id1, id2, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+\d temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng
+          Table "public.temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng"
+   Column   |      Type      | Collation | Nullable | Default 
+------------+----------------+-----------+----------+---------
+ id         | int4range      |           | not null | 
+ valid_at   | datemultirange |           | not null | 
+ parent_id1 | int4range      |           |          | 
+ parent_id2 | int4range      |           |          | 
+Indexes:
+    "temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_pk" PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+Foreign-key constraints:
+    "temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_fk" FOREIGN KEY (parent_id1, parent_id2, PERIOD valid_at) REFERENCES temporal_mltrng2(id1, id2, PERIOD valid_at)
+
+DROP TABLE temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng;
+--
+-- test ALTER TABLE ADD CONSTRAINT
+--
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+);
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+-- Two scalar columns:
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id1 int4range,
+	parent_id2 int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+);
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id1, parent_id2, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng2 (id1, id2, PERIOD valid_at);
+\d temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng
+          Table "public.temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng"
+   Column   |      Type      | Collation | Nullable | Default 
+------------+----------------+-----------+----------+---------
+ id         | int4range      |           | not null | 
+ valid_at   | datemultirange |           | not null | 
+ parent_id1 | int4range      |           |          | 
+ parent_id2 | int4range      |           |          | 
+Indexes:
+    "temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_pk" PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+Foreign-key constraints:
+    "temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_fk" FOREIGN KEY (parent_id1, parent_id2, PERIOD valid_at) REFERENCES temporal_mltrng2(id1, id2, PERIOD valid_at)
+
+-- should fail because of duplicate referenced columns:
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk2
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD parent_id)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD id);
+ERROR:  foreign key referenced-columns list must not contain duplicates
+--
+-- test with rows already
+--
+DELETE FROM temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-02-01')), '[1,2)');
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[2,3)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-04-01')), '[1,2)');
+-- should fail:
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+ERROR:  insert or update on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk"
+DETAIL:  Key (parent_id, valid_at)=([1,2), {[2018-01-02,2018-04-01)}) is not present in table "temporal_mltrng".
+-- okay again:
+DELETE FROM temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+--
+-- test pg_get_constraintdef
+--
+SELECT pg_get_constraintdef(oid) FROM pg_constraint WHERE conname = 'temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk';
+                                   pg_get_constraintdef                                   
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at) REFERENCES temporal_mltrng(id, PERIOD valid_at)
+(1 row)
+
+--
+-- test FK referencing inserts
+--
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-02-01')), '[1,2)');
+-- should fail:
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[2,3)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-04-01')), '[1,2)');
+ERROR:  insert or update on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk"
+DETAIL:  Key (parent_id, valid_at)=([1,2), {[2018-01-02,2018-04-01)}) is not present in table "temporal_mltrng".
+-- now it should work:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-03', '2018-03-03')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[2,3)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-04-01')), '[1,2)');
+--
+-- test FK referencing updates
+--
+UPDATE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-03-01')) WHERE id = '[1,2)';
+-- should fail:
+UPDATE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-05-01')) WHERE id = '[1,2)';
+ERROR:  insert or update on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk"
+DETAIL:  Key (parent_id, valid_at)=([1,2), {[2018-01-02,2018-05-01)}) is not present in table "temporal_mltrng".
+UPDATE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng SET parent_id = '[8,9)' WHERE id = '[1,2)';
+ERROR:  insert or update on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk"
+DETAIL:  Key (parent_id, valid_at)=([8,9), {[2018-01-02,2018-03-01)}) is not present in table "temporal_mltrng".
+-- ALTER FK DEFERRABLE
+BEGIN;
+  INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+    ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+    ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+  INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES
+    ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+  ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+    ALTER CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+    DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
+  DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)'; --should not fail yet.
+COMMIT; -- should fail here.
+ERROR:  update or delete on table "temporal_mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk" on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng"
+DETAIL:  Key (id, valid_at)=([5,6), {[2018-01-01,2018-02-01)}) is still referenced from table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng".
+--
+-- test FK referenced updates NO ACTION
+--
+TRUNCATE temporal_mltrng, temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+-- a PK update that succeeds because the numeric id isn't referenced:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01')));
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-01-01', '2016-02-01')) WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+-- a PK update that succeeds even though the numeric id is referenced because the range isn't:
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-02-01', '2016-03-01'))
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01'));
+-- a PK update that fails because both are referenced:
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-01-01', '2016-02-01'))
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+ERROR:  update or delete on table "temporal_mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk" on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng"
+DETAIL:  Key (id, valid_at)=([5,6), {[2018-01-01,2018-02-01)}) is still referenced from table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng".
+-- changing the scalar part fails:
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET id = '[7,8)'
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+ERROR:  update or delete on table "temporal_mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk" on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng"
+DETAIL:  Key (id, valid_at)=([5,6), {[2018-01-01,2018-02-01)}) is still referenced from table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng".
+--
+-- test FK referenced updates RESTRICT
+--
+TRUNCATE temporal_mltrng, temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	ON UPDATE RESTRICT;
+-- a PK update that succeeds because the numeric id isn't referenced:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01')));
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-01-01', '2016-02-01')) WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+-- a PK update that succeeds even though the numeric id is referenced because the range isn't:
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-02-01', '2016-03-01'))
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01'));
+-- a PK update that fails because both are referenced:
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-01-01', '2016-02-01'))
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+ERROR:  update or delete on table "temporal_mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk" on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng"
+DETAIL:  Key (id, valid_at)=([5,6), {[2018-01-01,2018-02-01)}) is still referenced from table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng".
+-- changing the scalar part fails:
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET id = '[7,8)'
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+ERROR:  update or delete on table "temporal_mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk" on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng"
+DETAIL:  Key (id, valid_at)=([5,6), {[2018-01-01,2018-02-01)}) is still referenced from table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng".
+--
+-- test FK referenced deletes NO ACTION
+--
+TRUNCATE temporal_mltrng, temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+-- a PK delete that succeeds because the numeric id isn't referenced:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01')));
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+-- a PK delete that succeeds even though the numeric id is referenced because the range isn't:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01'));
+-- a PK delete that fails because both are referenced:
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+ERROR:  update or delete on table "temporal_mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk" on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng"
+DETAIL:  Key (id, valid_at)=([5,6), {[2018-01-01,2018-02-01)}) is still referenced from table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng".
+--
+-- test FK referenced deletes RESTRICT
+--
+TRUNCATE temporal_mltrng, temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	ON DELETE RESTRICT;
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01')));
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+-- a PK delete that succeeds even though the numeric id is referenced because the range isn't:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01'));
+-- a PK delete that fails because both are referenced:
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+ERROR:  update or delete on table "temporal_mltrng" violates foreign key constraint "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk" on table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng"
+DETAIL:  Key (id, valid_at)=([5,6), {[2018-01-01,2018-02-01)}) is still referenced from table "temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng".
+--
 -- FK between partitioned tables
 --
 CREATE TABLE temporal_partitioned_rng (
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/without_overlaps.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/without_overlaps.sql
index 48bcaa18a09..8f9832ba781 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/without_overlaps.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/without_overlaps.sql
@@ -69,6 +69,26 @@ ALTER TABLE temporal_rng3 DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_rng3_pk;
 DROP TABLE temporal_rng3;
 DROP TYPE textrange2;
 
+-- PK with one column plus a multirange:
+CREATE TABLE temporal_mltrng (
+  id int4range,
+  valid_at datemultirange,
+  CONSTRAINT temporal_mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+);
+\d temporal_mltrng
+
+-- PK with two columns plus a multirange:
+-- We don't drop this table because tests below also need multiple scalar columns.
+CREATE TABLE temporal_mltrng2 (
+	id1 int4range,
+	id2 int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_mltrng2_pk PRIMARY KEY (id1, id2, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+);
+\d temporal_mltrng2
+SELECT pg_get_constraintdef(oid) FROM pg_constraint WHERE conname = 'temporal_mltrng2_pk';
+SELECT pg_get_indexdef(conindid, 0, true) FROM pg_constraint WHERE conname = 'temporal_mltrng2_pk';
+
 -- UNIQUE with no columns just WITHOUT OVERLAPS:
 
 CREATE TABLE temporal_rng3 (
@@ -207,6 +227,19 @@ INSERT INTO temporal_rng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', daterange('2018-01-01',
 INSERT INTO temporal_rng (id, valid_at) VALUES (NULL, daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05'));
 INSERT INTO temporal_rng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[3,4)', NULL);
 
+-- okay:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-02-03')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-03-03', '2018-04-04')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[2,3)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', NULL)));
+
+-- should fail:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES (NULL, datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[3,4)', NULL);
+
+SELECT * FROM temporal_mltrng ORDER BY id, valid_at;
+
 --
 -- test a range with both a PK and a UNIQUE constraint
 --
@@ -699,6 +732,325 @@ ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_rng2rng
 		REFERENCES temporal_rng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
 		ON DELETE SET DEFAULT ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT;
 
+--
+-- test FOREIGN KEY, multirange references multirange
+--
+
+-- Can't create a FK with a mismatched multirange type
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at int4multirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk2 PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk2 FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+DROP TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+
+-- with mismatched PERIOD columns:
+-- (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at) REFERENCES (id, valid_at)
+-- REFERENCES part should specify PERIOD
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at)
+);
+-- (parent_id, valid_at) REFERENCES (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+-- (parent_id, valid_at) REFERENCES [implicit]
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng
+);
+-- (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at) REFERENCES (id)
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id)
+);
+-- (parent_id) REFERENCES (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+
+-- with inferred PK on the referenced table:
+-- (This is not permitted by the SQL standard. See 11.8 syntax rule 4b.)
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng
+);
+-- (parent_id) REFERENCES [implicit]
+-- This finds the PK (omitting the WITHOUT OVERLAPS element),
+-- but it's not a b-tree index, so it fails anyway.
+-- Anyway it must fail because the two sides have a different definition of "unique".
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng
+);
+
+-- should fail because of duplicate referenced columns:
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD parent_id)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD id)
+);
+
+-- Two scalar columns
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id1 int4range,
+	parent_id2 int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS),
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_fk FOREIGN KEY (parent_id1, parent_id2, PERIOD valid_at)
+		REFERENCES temporal_mltrng2 (id1, id2, PERIOD valid_at)
+);
+\d temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng
+DROP TABLE temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng;
+
+--
+-- test ALTER TABLE ADD CONSTRAINT
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+);
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+-- Two scalar columns:
+CREATE TABLE temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng (
+	id int4range,
+	valid_at datemultirange,
+	parent_id1 int4range,
+	parent_id2 int4range,
+	CONSTRAINT temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_pk PRIMARY KEY (id, valid_at WITHOUT OVERLAPS)
+);
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id1, parent_id2, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng2 (id1, id2, PERIOD valid_at);
+\d temporal_fk2_mltrng2mltrng
+
+-- should fail because of duplicate referenced columns:
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk2
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD parent_id)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD id);
+
+--
+-- test with rows already
+--
+
+DELETE FROM temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-02-01')), '[1,2)');
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[2,3)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-04-01')), '[1,2)');
+-- should fail:
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+-- okay again:
+DELETE FROM temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+
+--
+-- test pg_get_constraintdef
+--
+
+SELECT pg_get_constraintdef(oid) FROM pg_constraint WHERE conname = 'temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk';
+
+--
+-- test FK referencing inserts
+--
+
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-02-01')), '[1,2)');
+-- should fail:
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[2,3)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-04-01')), '[1,2)');
+-- now it should work:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[1,2)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-03', '2018-03-03')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[2,3)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-04-01')), '[1,2)');
+
+--
+-- test FK referencing updates
+--
+
+UPDATE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-03-01')) WHERE id = '[1,2)';
+-- should fail:
+UPDATE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-02', '2018-05-01')) WHERE id = '[1,2)';
+UPDATE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng SET parent_id = '[8,9)' WHERE id = '[1,2)';
+
+-- ALTER FK DEFERRABLE
+
+BEGIN;
+  INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+    ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+    ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+  INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES
+    ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+  ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+    ALTER CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+    DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
+
+  DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)'; --should not fail yet.
+COMMIT; -- should fail here.
+
+--
+-- test FK referenced updates NO ACTION
+--
+
+TRUNCATE temporal_mltrng, temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+-- a PK update that succeeds because the numeric id isn't referenced:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01')));
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-01-01', '2016-02-01')) WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+-- a PK update that succeeds even though the numeric id is referenced because the range isn't:
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-02-01', '2016-03-01'))
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01'));
+-- a PK update that fails because both are referenced:
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-01-01', '2016-02-01'))
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+-- changing the scalar part fails:
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET id = '[7,8)'
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+
+--
+-- test FK referenced updates RESTRICT
+--
+
+TRUNCATE temporal_mltrng, temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	ON UPDATE RESTRICT;
+-- a PK update that succeeds because the numeric id isn't referenced:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01')));
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-01-01', '2016-02-01')) WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+-- a PK update that succeeds even though the numeric id is referenced because the range isn't:
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-02-01', '2016-03-01'))
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01'));
+-- a PK update that fails because both are referenced:
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2016-01-01', '2016-02-01'))
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+-- changing the scalar part fails:
+UPDATE temporal_mltrng SET id = '[7,8)'
+WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+
+--
+-- test FK referenced deletes NO ACTION
+--
+
+TRUNCATE temporal_mltrng, temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at);
+-- a PK delete that succeeds because the numeric id isn't referenced:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01')));
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+-- a PK delete that succeeds even though the numeric id is referenced because the range isn't:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01'));
+-- a PK delete that fails because both are referenced:
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+
+--
+-- test FK referenced deletes RESTRICT
+--
+
+TRUNCATE temporal_mltrng, temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	DROP CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk;
+ALTER TABLE temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng
+	ADD CONSTRAINT temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng_fk
+	FOREIGN KEY (parent_id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	REFERENCES temporal_mltrng (id, PERIOD valid_at)
+	ON DELETE RESTRICT;
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01')));
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)';
+-- a PK delete that succeeds even though the numeric id is referenced because the range isn't:
+INSERT INTO temporal_mltrng (id, valid_at) VALUES
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'))),
+  ('[5,6)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01')));
+INSERT INTO temporal_fk_mltrng2mltrng (id, valid_at, parent_id) VALUES ('[3,4)', datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-05', '2018-01-10')), '[5,6)');
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-02-01', '2018-03-01'));
+-- a PK delete that fails because both are referenced:
+DELETE FROM temporal_mltrng WHERE id = '[5,6)' AND valid_at = datemultirange(daterange('2018-01-01', '2018-02-01'));
+
 --
 -- FK between partitioned tables
 --
-- 
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