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<REFENTRY ID="SQL-CREATETRIGGER">
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<REFMETA>
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<REFENTRYTITLE>
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CREATE TRIGGER
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</REFENTRYTITLE>
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<REFMISCINFO>SQL - Language Statements</REFMISCINFO>
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</REFMETA>
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<REFNAMEDIV>
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<REFNAME>
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CREATE TRIGGER
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</REFNAME>
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<REFPURPOSE>
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Creates a new trigger
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</REFPURPOSE>
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<REFSYNOPSISDIV>
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<REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
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<DATE>1998-09-21</DATE>
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</REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
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<SYNOPSIS>
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CREATE TRIGGER <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">name</REPLACEABLE> { BEFORE | AFTER }
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{ <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">event</REPLACEABLE> [OR ...] }
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ON <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE> FOR EACH { ROW | STATEMENT }
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EXECUTE PROCEDURE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">funcname</REPLACEABLE> ( <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">arguments</REPLACEABLE> )
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</SYNOPSIS>
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<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATETRIGGER-1">
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<REFSECT2INFO>
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<DATE>1998-09-21</DATE>
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</REFSECT2INFO>
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<TITLE>
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Inputs
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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</PARA>
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<VARIABLELIST>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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<ReturnValue><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></ReturnValue>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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The name of an existing trigger.
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</PARA>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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<ReturnValue><replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable></ReturnValue>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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The name of a table.
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</PARA>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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<ReturnValue><replaceable class="parameter">event</replaceable></ReturnValue>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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One of INSERT, DELETE or UPDATE.
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</PARA>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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<ReturnValue><replaceable class="parameter">funcname</replaceable></ReturnValue>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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A user-supplied function.
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</PARA>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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</variablelist>
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</REFSECT2>
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<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATETRIGGER-2">
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<REFSECT2INFO>
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<DATE>1998-09-21</DATE>
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</REFSECT2INFO>
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<TITLE>
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Outputs
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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<VARIABLELIST>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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<ReturnValue>CREATE</ReturnValue>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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This message is returned if the trigger is successfully created.
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</VARIABLELIST>
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</REFSECT2>
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</REFSYNOPSISDIV>
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<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CREATETRIGGER-1">
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<REFSECT1INFO>
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<DATE>1998-09-21</DATE>
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</REFSECT1INFO>
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<TITLE>
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Description
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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<command>CREATE TRIGGER</command> will enter a new trigger into the current
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data base. The trigger will be associated with the relation
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<replaceable class="parameter">relname</replaceable> and will execute
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the specified function <replaceable class="parameter">funcname</replaceable>.
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</PARA>
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<PARA>
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The trigger can be specified to fire either before the
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operation is attempted on a tuple (before constraints
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are checked and the INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE is attempted) or
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after the operation has been attempted (e.g. after constraints
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are checked and the INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE has completed). If the
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trigger fires before the event, the trigger may
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skip the operation for the current tuple, or change the tuple
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being inserted (for INSERT and UPDATE operations only). If
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the trigger fires after the event, all changes, including the
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last insertion, update, or deletion, are "visible" to the trigger.
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</PARA>
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<PARA>
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Refer to the chapters on SPI and Triggers in the
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<citetitle>PostgreSQL Programmer's Guide</citetitle> for more
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information.
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</PARA>
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<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATETRIGGER-3">
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<REFSECT2INFO>
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<DATE>1998-09-21</DATE>
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</REFSECT2INFO>
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<TITLE>
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Notes
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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<command>CREATE TRIGGER</command> is a <productname>Postgres</productname>
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language extension.
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</PARA>
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<PARA>
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Only the relation owner may create a trigger on this relation.
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</PARA>
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<PARA>
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As of the current release (v6.4), STATEMENT triggers are not implemented.
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</PARA>
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<PARA>
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Refer to <command>DROP TRIGGER</command> for information on how to
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remove triggers.
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</PARA>
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</REFSECT2>
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<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CREATETRIGGER-2">
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<TITLE>
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Usage
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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Check if the specified distributor code exists in the distributors
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table before appending or updating a row in the table films:
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</PARA>
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<ProgramListing>
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CREATE TRIGGER if_dist_exists
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BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON films FOR EACH ROW
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EXECUTE PROCEDURE check_primary_key ('did', 'distributors', 'did');
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</ProgramListing>
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<PARA>
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Before cancelling a distributor or updating its code, remove every
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reference to the table films:
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</PARA>
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<ProgramListing>
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CREATE TRIGGER if_film_exists
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BEFORE DELETE OR UPDATE ON distributors FOR EACH ROW
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EXECUTE PROCEDURE check_foreign_key (1, 'CASCADE', 'did', 'films', 'did');
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</ProgramListing>
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</REFSECT1>
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<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CREATETRIGGER-3">
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<TITLE>
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Compatibility
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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</PARA>
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<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATETRIGGER-4">
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<REFSECT2INFO>
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<DATE>1998-09-21</DATE>
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</REFSECT2INFO>
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<TITLE>
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SQL92
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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There is no <command>CREATE TRIGGER</command> in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
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</PARA>
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<PARA>
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The second example above may also be done by using a FOREIGN KEY
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constraint as in:
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</PARA>
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<ProgramListing>
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CREATE TABLE distributors (
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did DECIMAL(3),
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name VARCHAR(40),
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CONSTRAINT if_film_exists
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FOREIGN KEY(did) REFERENCES films
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ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
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);
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</ProgramListing>
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<PARA>
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However, foreign keys are not yet implemented (as of version 6.4) in
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<productname>Postgres</productname>.
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</PARA>
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</REFENTRY>
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