I have a core table with tens-of-millions of rows, and need to delete about a million records.
There are 21 foreign key checks against this table. Based on the current performance, it would take a few days to make my deletions.
None of the constraints were defined as `DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE', so I'm out of luck on deferring them.
Dropping/redefining constraints looks to be an ordeal -- and something I'm scared to make a mistake on.
i looked into disabling triggers on a table, but I couldn't find any info on how to trigger at the end of the transaction so I can ensure integrity.
does anyone have suggestions on things that might work?