diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml index 547c6e57de..f50c6e4782 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Data Definition @@ -940,11 +940,17 @@ CREATE TABLE order_items ( Restricting and cascading deletes are the two most common options. - RESTRICT can also be written as NO - ACTION and it's also the default if you do not specify - anything. There are two other options for what should happen with - the foreign key columns when a primary key is deleted: + RESTRICT prevents a statement from deleting a + referenced row. NO ACTION means that if any + referencing rows still exist when the constraint is checked, an error + is raised; this is the default if you do not specify anything. + (The essential difference between these choices is that + NO ACTION allows the check to be deferred until + later in the transaction, whereas RESTRICT does not.) + There are two other options: SET NULL and SET DEFAULT. + These cause the referencing columns to be set to nulls or default + values, respectively, when the referenced row is deleted. Note that these do not excuse you from observing any constraints. For example, if an action specifies SET DEFAULT but the default value would not satisfy the foreign key, the @@ -964,7 +970,7 @@ CREATE TABLE order_items ( Finally, we should mention that a foreign key must reference - columns that are either a primary key or form a unique constraint. + columns that either are a primary key or form a unique constraint. If the foreign key references a unique constraint, there are some additional possibilities regarding how null values are matched. These are explained in the reference documentation for diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml index 36396f62ac..e70f0c3dfd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -417,12 +417,10 @@ and table_constraint is: - Theses clauses specify a foreign key constraint, which specifies + These clauses specify a foreign key constraint, which requires that a group of one or more columns of the new table must only - contain values which match against values in the referenced - column(s) refcolumn - of the referenced table reftable. If refcolumn is omitted, the primary key of the reftable is used. The @@ -431,7 +429,7 @@ and table_constraint is: - A value inserted into these columns is matched against the + A value inserted into the referencing column(s) is matched against the values of the referenced table and referenced columns using the given match type. There are three match types: MATCH FULL, MATCH PARTIAL, and MATCH @@ -452,7 +450,9 @@ and table_constraint is: clause specifies the action to perform when a referenced column in the referenced table is being updated to a new value. If the row is updated, but the referenced column is not actually - changed, no action is done. There are the following possible + changed, no action is done. Referential actions apart from the + check of NO ACTION can not be deferred even if + the constraint is deferrable. There are the following possible actions for each clause: @@ -461,8 +461,10 @@ and table_constraint is: Produce an error indicating that the deletion or update - would create a foreign key constraint violation. This is - the default action. + would create a foreign key constraint violation. + If the constraint is deferred, this + error will be produced at constraint check time if there still + exist any referencing rows. This is the default action. @@ -471,9 +473,10 @@ and table_constraint is: RESTRICT - Same as NO ACTION except that this action - will not be deferred even if the rest of the constraint is - deferrable and deferred. + Produce an error indicating that the deletion or update + would create a foreign key constraint violation. + This is the same as NO ACTION except that + the check is not deferrable. @@ -493,7 +496,7 @@ and table_constraint is: SET NULL - Set the referencing column values to null. + Set the referencing column(s) to null. @@ -502,7 +505,7 @@ and table_constraint is: SET DEFAULT - Set the referencing column values to their default value. + Set the referencing column(s) to their default values. @@ -510,11 +513,10 @@ and table_constraint is: - If primary key column is updated frequently, it may be wise to - add an index to the foreign key column so that NO - ACTION and CASCADE actions - associated with the foreign key column can be more efficiently - performed. + If the referenced column(s) are changed frequently, it may be wise to + add an index to the foreign key column so that referential actions + associated with the foreign key column can be performed more + efficiently. @@ -844,9 +846,9 @@ CREATE TABLE distributors ( CREATE TABLE cinemas ( - id serial, - name text, - location text + id serial, + name text, + location text ) TABLESPACE diskvol1; diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c index c69bf29d83..463d2506c2 100644 --- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c +++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c,v 1.135 2004/10/16 21:16:36 tgl Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c,v 1.136 2004/10/21 21:33:59 tgl Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -4361,12 +4361,12 @@ createForeignKeyTriggers(Relation rel, FkConstraint *fkconstraint, fk_trigger->actions[1] = '\0'; fk_trigger->isconstraint = true; - fk_trigger->deferrable = fkconstraint->deferrable; - fk_trigger->initdeferred = fkconstraint->initdeferred; fk_trigger->constrrel = myRel; switch (fkconstraint->fk_del_action) { case FKCONSTR_ACTION_NOACTION: + fk_trigger->deferrable = fkconstraint->deferrable; + fk_trigger->initdeferred = fkconstraint->initdeferred; fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_noaction_del"); break; case FKCONSTR_ACTION_RESTRICT: @@ -4375,12 +4375,18 @@ createForeignKeyTriggers(Relation rel, FkConstraint *fkconstraint, fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_restrict_del"); break; case FKCONSTR_ACTION_CASCADE: + fk_trigger->deferrable = false; + fk_trigger->initdeferred = false; fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_cascade_del"); break; case FKCONSTR_ACTION_SETNULL: + fk_trigger->deferrable = false; + fk_trigger->initdeferred = false; fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_setnull_del"); break; case FKCONSTR_ACTION_SETDEFAULT: + fk_trigger->deferrable = false; + fk_trigger->initdeferred = false; fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_setdefault_del"); break; default: @@ -4425,12 +4431,12 @@ createForeignKeyTriggers(Relation rel, FkConstraint *fkconstraint, fk_trigger->actions[0] = 'u'; fk_trigger->actions[1] = '\0'; fk_trigger->isconstraint = true; - fk_trigger->deferrable = fkconstraint->deferrable; - fk_trigger->initdeferred = fkconstraint->initdeferred; fk_trigger->constrrel = myRel; switch (fkconstraint->fk_upd_action) { case FKCONSTR_ACTION_NOACTION: + fk_trigger->deferrable = fkconstraint->deferrable; + fk_trigger->initdeferred = fkconstraint->initdeferred; fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_noaction_upd"); break; case FKCONSTR_ACTION_RESTRICT: @@ -4439,12 +4445,18 @@ createForeignKeyTriggers(Relation rel, FkConstraint *fkconstraint, fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_restrict_upd"); break; case FKCONSTR_ACTION_CASCADE: + fk_trigger->deferrable = false; + fk_trigger->initdeferred = false; fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_cascade_upd"); break; case FKCONSTR_ACTION_SETNULL: + fk_trigger->deferrable = false; + fk_trigger->initdeferred = false; fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_setnull_upd"); break; case FKCONSTR_ACTION_SETDEFAULT: + fk_trigger->deferrable = false; + fk_trigger->initdeferred = false; fk_trigger->funcname = SystemFuncName("RI_FKey_setdefault_upd"); break; default: diff --git a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c index 5480fce189..7b1bdddf0b 100644 --- a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c +++ b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/trigger.c,v 1.172 2004/09/10 18:39:56 tgl Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/trigger.c,v 1.173 2004/10/21 21:33:59 tgl Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -2729,11 +2729,17 @@ AfterTriggerSetState(ConstraintsSetStmt *stmt) /* * If we found some, check that they fit the deferrability - * but skip ON RESTRICT ones, since they are + * but skip referential action ones, since they are * silently never deferrable. */ if (pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_RESTRICT_UPD && - pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_RESTRICT_DEL) + pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_RESTRICT_DEL && + pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_CASCADE_UPD && + pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_CASCADE_DEL && + pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_SETNULL_UPD && + pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_SETNULL_DEL && + pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_SETDEFAULT_UPD && + pg_trigger->tgfoid != F_RI_FKEY_SETDEFAULT_DEL) { if (stmt->deferred && !pg_trigger->tgdeferrable) ereport(ERROR,