Re: TRUNCATE question

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: TRUNCATE question
Date: 2001-09-06 20:11:40
Message-ID: 200109062011.f86KBeG19396@candle.pha.pa.us
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Added to TODO. Thanks.

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Is there a TODO item here?
>
> Yes. It should read:
>
> "Disallow TRUNCATE TABLE on tables that are parents of a referential
> integrity constraint"
>
> In PostgreSQL current sources I can do:
>
> CREATE TABLE employees (
> employeeid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
> );
>
> CREATE TABLE salaries (
> employeeid INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES employees(employeeid),
> salary FLOAT NOT NULL
> );
>
> INSERT INTO employees VALUES (1);
>
> INSERT INTO salaries VALUES (1, 45000);
>
> TRUNCATE TABLE employees;
>
> SELECT * FROM salaries;
>
> employeeid | salary
> ------------+--------
> 1 | 45000
> (1 row)
>
> In Oracle, the following occurs:
>
> CREATE TABLE employees (
> employeeid INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
> );
>
> CREATE TABLE salaries (
> employeeid INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES employees(employeeid),
> salary FLOAT NOT NULL
> );
>
> INSERT INTO employees VALUES (1);
>
> INSERT INTO salaries VALUES (1, 40000);
>
> TRUNCATE TABLE employees;
>
> TRUNCATE TABLE employees;
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-02266: unique/primary keys in table referenced by enabled
> foreign keys
>
> Mike Mascari
> mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com
>

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