Re: BUG #17261: FK ON UPDATE CASCADE can break referential integrity with columns of different types

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: marcus(at)cockroachlabs(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #17261: FK ON UPDATE CASCADE can break referential integrity with columns of different types
Date: 2021-11-01 21:59:49
Message-ID: 1311165.1635803989@sss.pgh.pa.us
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> It is possible to break foreign key referential integrity when the FK
> columns have different types and updates are cascaded from the parent
> relation to the child relation.

I'm not really sure what you'd consider such an FK relationship to mean.
I can't get too excited about it when there doesn't seem to be a well
defined semantics for it.

regards, tom lane

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