Re: PostgreSQL - Ordering Table based of Foreign Key - Mailing list pgsql-general

From FOUTE K. Jaurès
Subject Re: PostgreSQL - Ordering Table based of Foreign Key
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL - Ordering Table based of Foreign Key  (Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@visena.com>)
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Thanks for your input but I want to make a delete with where clause 

On Sun, 3 Oct 2021, 10:26 Andreas Joseph Krogh, <andreas@visena.com> wrote:
På søndag 03. oktober 2021 kl. 10:49:49, skrev Thomas Kellerer <shammat@gmx.net>:
FOUTE K. Jaurès schrieb am 03.10.2021 um 09:48:
> I want to order tables based on the foreign key so that I can delete
> tables one by one without facing "ERROR: update or delete on table
> "table" violates foreign key constraint. DETAIL: Key is still
> referenced from table"

You can create the foreign key constraints with the "ON DELETE CASCADE" option.
Then Postgres will handle dependencies automatically for you.

But that means that *all* DELETEs will be cascaded.

Unfortunately, there is no DELETE FROM ... CASCADE option (similar to DROP)
 
There is TRUNCATE ... CASCADE
 
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Andreas Joseph Krogh

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