Should this require CASCADE? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Should this require CASCADE?
Date
Msg-id 3639.1026340387@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Responses Re: Should this require CASCADE?  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>)
Re: Should this require CASCADE?  (Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.ca>)
Re: Should this require CASCADE?  (Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>)
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Consider
CREATE TABLE foo (f1 int primary key);
CREATE TABLE bar (f1 int references foo);
DROP TABLE foo RESTRICT;

Should this succeed?  Or should it be necessary to say DROP CASCADE to
get rid of the foreign-key reference to foo?

Our historical behavior is to allow the drop, while issuing a notice
about implicit deletion of triggers.  But I think SQL92 intends that
CASCADE should be required.

(If you deduce from this question that a lot of Rod Taylor's pg_depend
patch is working here, you are right...)
        regards, tom lane


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