From: | Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas(at)visena(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-sql(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Best way to change values of a primary key referenced by many tables |
Date: | 2020-10-21 20:27:29 |
Message-ID: | VisenaEmail.45.50d53c6557c272d6.1754cb2dafc@tc7-visena |
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Hi.
I'm looking for the easiest way to change the vaules of a PK of a table
(my_user), which is referenced by many FKs, with the minimum effort.
Here's an example-schema:
CREATE TABLE my_user ( id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, username VARCHAR NOT NULL
UNIQUE); CREATE TABLE my_person ( entity_id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, user_id
BIGINT REFERENCESmy_user (id), name VARCHAR NOT NULL ); CREATE TABLE my_project
(entity_id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR NOT NULL, created_by BIGINT NOT
NULL REFERENCESmy_user (id) );
CREATE TABLE my_company ( entity_id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR NOT NULL,
created_byBIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES my_user (id) DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
); CREATE TABLE my_product ( entity_id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR NOT NULL
,created_by BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES my_user (id) ON DELETE CASCADE );
Now - I want to refactor so that my_user.id has the same value as my_person.
entity_id
Updating the value of my_user.id sounds simple, but how do I do that, and
update all other tables pointing to it with this new value, with as little
effort as possible, ie. don't have to ALTER/UPDATE every table having an FK to
my_user.id?
Not that some FKs are DEFERRABLE, others have "ON DELETE", and the requirement
is to not mess with that.
So - I'm basically looking for (I think) a way to add "ON UPDATE CASCADE" to
all columns referencing it, update the values and then removing all "ON UPDATE
CASCADE" on the referencing columns.
Appreciate suggestions, thanks.
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Andreas Joseph Krogh
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