Re: ON COMMIT and foreign keys - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: ON COMMIT and foreign keys
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Msg-id 200411062037.iA6KbDa07951@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: ON COMMIT and foreign keys  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl> writes:
> >> Tom Lane wrote:
> > I think this is a feature addition that you've cleverly managed to
> > present as a bug fix ;-).  While I like the feature, I've got very
> > mixed emotions about applying it this late in beta.
>
> > Ok, you caught me :-)  Actually, I developed the patch thinking only on
> > the multi-relation TRUNCATE, with the goal of having it for 8.1.  Only
> > after I prepared a first patch I noticed the temp-table-FKs problem.
>
> Well, like I said, I have mixed emotions.  Anyone else have an opinion
> whether to apply now or hold for 8.1?

My initial reaction is to hold it all for 8.1.  The patch is large and
the bug is rare.

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