Problem with FKEYS

[Rajesh Kumar Mallah]

How come pgsql7.3.4 Was allowing me to delete the master record while
referencing records were present in slave table?

The problem was detected when the database was migrated to 7.4 and
deletions were being refused.

Regards
Mallah
tradein_clients =# \d user_services
Table "public.user_se rvices"
Column | Type | Modifiers
------------+---------+-----------
userid | integer | not null
service_id | integer | not null
Indexes: user_services_k ey unique btree (userid, service_id),
user_services_s ervice_id btree (service_id)
Foreign Key constraints: $2 FOREIGN KEY (userid) REFERENCES users(userid) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION,
$1 FOREIGN KEY (service_id) REFERENCES services_master (service_id) ON
UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION

tradein_clients =# SELECT * from user_services where userid=276720 ;
userid | service_id
--------+------------
276720 | 1
(1 row)

tradein_clients =# begin work;DELETE from users where userid=276720 ;rollback;
BEGIN
DELETE 1
ROLLBACK
tradein_clients =# SELECT version();
version
-------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.3.4 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96
(1 row)

tradein_clients =#
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[Tom Lane]

Rajesh Kumar Mallah <ma****@trade-india.com> writes:

How come pgsql7.3.4 Was allowing me to delete the master record while
referencing records were present in slave table?

The only explanation I can think of is that the referencing row shown as
being in user_services was actually in a child table --- foreign keys
don't work in inheritance hierarchies at the moment.

If that's not it, can you provide a self-contained example?

regards, tom lane

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