Re: AW: Open 7.1 items

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>
Cc: "'Jan Wieck'" <janwieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <root(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: AW: Open 7.1 items
Date: 2001-01-26 21:30:42
Message-ID: 3898.980544642@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at> writes:
> FOREIGN KEY INSERT & UPDATE/DELETE in transaction "change violation"
>>
>> A well known issue, and I've asked multiple times how exactly
>> we want to define the behaviour for deferred constraints. Do
>> foreign keys reference just to a key value and are happy with
>> it's existance, or do they refer to a particular row?

> Sorry, to answer late. I didn't know this needed clarification.
> The answer is simple, foreign keys only reference a key value,
> not a particular row.

Cite chapter and verse in the spec, please?

regards, tom lane

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