-- -- FOREIGN KEY -- -- MATCH FULL -- -- First test, check and cascade -- CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int PRIMARY KEY, ptest2 text ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int REFERENCES PKTABLE MATCH FULL ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ftest2 int ); -- Insert test data into PKTABLE INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 'Test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 'Test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (3, 'Test3'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (4, 'Test4'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (5, 'Test5'); -- Insert successful rows into FK TABLE INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 3); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (3, 4); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 1); -- Insert a failed row into FK TABLE INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (100, 2); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (ftest1)=(100) is not present in table "pktable". -- Check FKTABLE SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 --------+-------- 1 | 2 2 | 3 3 | 4 | 1 (4 rows) -- Delete a row from PK TABLE DELETE FROM PKTABLE WHERE ptest1=1; -- Check FKTABLE for removal of matched row SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 --------+-------- 2 | 3 3 | 4 | 1 (3 rows) -- Update a row from PK TABLE UPDATE PKTABLE SET ptest1=1 WHERE ptest1=2; -- Check FKTABLE for update of matched row SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 --------+-------- 3 | 4 | 1 1 | 3 (3 rows) DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- -- check set NULL and table constraint on multiple columns -- CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int, ptest2 int, ptest3 text, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2) ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int, ftest2 int, ftest3 int, CONSTRAINT constrname FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2) REFERENCES PKTABLE MATCH FULL ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE SET NULL); -- Test comments COMMENT ON CONSTRAINT constrname_wrong ON FKTABLE IS 'fk constraint comment'; ERROR: constraint "constrname_wrong" for table "fktable" does not exist COMMENT ON CONSTRAINT constrname ON FKTABLE IS 'fk constraint comment'; COMMENT ON CONSTRAINT constrname ON FKTABLE IS NULL; -- Insert test data into PKTABLE INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 'Test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, 'Test1-2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 'Test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (3, 6, 'Test3'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (4, 8, 'Test4'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (5, 10, 'Test5'); -- Insert successful rows into FK TABLE INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 4); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, 5); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 8); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (3, 6, 12); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, NULL, 0); -- Insert failed rows into FK TABLE INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (100, 2, 4); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2)=(100, 2) is not present in table "pktable". INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 2, 4); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2)=(2, 2) is not present in table "pktable". INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 4); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname" DETAIL: MATCH FULL does not allow mixing of null and nonnull key values. INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, NULL, 4); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname" DETAIL: MATCH FULL does not allow mixing of null and nonnull key values. -- Check FKTABLE SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 4 1 | 3 | 5 2 | 4 | 8 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 (5 rows) -- Delete a row from PK TABLE DELETE FROM PKTABLE WHERE ptest1=1 and ptest2=2; -- Check FKTABLE for removal of matched row SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 1 | 3 | 5 2 | 4 | 8 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 | | 4 (5 rows) -- Delete another row from PK TABLE DELETE FROM PKTABLE WHERE ptest1=5 and ptest2=10; -- Check FKTABLE (should be no change) SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 1 | 3 | 5 2 | 4 | 8 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 | | 4 (5 rows) -- Update a row from PK TABLE UPDATE PKTABLE SET ptest1=1 WHERE ptest1=2; -- Check FKTABLE for update of matched row SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 1 | 3 | 5 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 | | 4 | | 8 (5 rows) -- Check update with part of key null UPDATE FKTABLE SET ftest1 = NULL WHERE ftest1 = 1; ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname" DETAIL: MATCH FULL does not allow mixing of null and nonnull key values. -- Check update with old and new key values equal UPDATE FKTABLE SET ftest1 = 1 WHERE ftest1 = 1; -- Try altering the column type where foreign keys are involved ALTER TABLE PKTABLE ALTER COLUMN ptest1 TYPE bigint; ALTER TABLE FKTABLE ALTER COLUMN ftest1 TYPE bigint; SELECT * FROM PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 --------+--------+--------- 1 | 3 | Test1-2 3 | 6 | Test3 4 | 8 | Test4 1 | 4 | Test2 (4 rows) SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 | | 4 | | 8 1 | 3 | 5 (5 rows) DROP TABLE PKTABLE CASCADE; NOTICE: drop cascades to constraint constrname on table fktable DROP TABLE FKTABLE; -- -- check set default and table constraint on multiple columns -- CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int, ptest2 int, ptest3 text, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2) ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int DEFAULT -1, ftest2 int DEFAULT -2, ftest3 int, CONSTRAINT constrname2 FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2) REFERENCES PKTABLE MATCH FULL ON DELETE SET DEFAULT ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT); -- Insert a value in PKTABLE for default INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (-1, -2, 'The Default!'); -- Insert test data into PKTABLE INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 'Test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, 'Test1-2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 'Test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (3, 6, 'Test3'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (4, 8, 'Test4'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (5, 10, 'Test5'); -- Insert successful rows into FK TABLE INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 4); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, 5); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 8); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (3, 6, 12); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, NULL, 0); -- Insert failed rows into FK TABLE INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (100, 2, 4); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname2" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2)=(100, 2) is not present in table "pktable". INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 2, 4); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname2" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2)=(2, 2) is not present in table "pktable". INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 4); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname2" DETAIL: MATCH FULL does not allow mixing of null and nonnull key values. INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, NULL, 4); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname2" DETAIL: MATCH FULL does not allow mixing of null and nonnull key values. -- Check FKTABLE SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 4 1 | 3 | 5 2 | 4 | 8 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 (5 rows) -- Delete a row from PK TABLE DELETE FROM PKTABLE WHERE ptest1=1 and ptest2=2; -- Check FKTABLE to check for removal SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 1 | 3 | 5 2 | 4 | 8 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 -1 | -2 | 4 (5 rows) -- Delete another row from PK TABLE DELETE FROM PKTABLE WHERE ptest1=5 and ptest2=10; -- Check FKTABLE (should be no change) SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 1 | 3 | 5 2 | 4 | 8 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 -1 | -2 | 4 (5 rows) -- Update a row from PK TABLE UPDATE PKTABLE SET ptest1=1 WHERE ptest1=2; -- Check FKTABLE for update of matched row SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 --------+--------+-------- 1 | 3 | 5 3 | 6 | 12 | | 0 -1 | -2 | 4 -1 | -2 | 8 (5 rows) -- this should fail for lack of CASCADE DROP TABLE PKTABLE; ERROR: cannot drop table pktable because other objects depend on it DETAIL: constraint constrname2 on table fktable depends on table pktable HINT: Use DROP ... CASCADE to drop the dependent objects too. DROP TABLE PKTABLE CASCADE; NOTICE: drop cascades to constraint constrname2 on table fktable DROP TABLE FKTABLE; -- -- First test, check with no on delete or on update -- CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int PRIMARY KEY, ptest2 text ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int REFERENCES PKTABLE MATCH FULL, ftest2 int ); -- Insert test data into PKTABLE INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 'Test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 'Test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (3, 'Test3'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (4, 'Test4'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (5, 'Test5'); -- Insert successful rows into FK TABLE INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 3); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (3, 4); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 1); -- Insert a failed row into FK TABLE INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (100, 2); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (ftest1)=(100) is not present in table "pktable". -- Check FKTABLE SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 --------+-------- 1 | 2 2 | 3 3 | 4 | 1 (4 rows) -- Check PKTABLE SELECT * FROM PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 --------+-------- 1 | Test1 2 | Test2 3 | Test3 4 | Test4 5 | Test5 (5 rows) -- Delete a row from PK TABLE (should fail) DELETE FROM PKTABLE WHERE ptest1=1; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (ptest1)=(1) is still referenced from table "fktable". -- Delete a row from PK TABLE (should succeed) DELETE FROM PKTABLE WHERE ptest1=5; -- Check PKTABLE for deletes SELECT * FROM PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 --------+-------- 1 | Test1 2 | Test2 3 | Test3 4 | Test4 (4 rows) -- Update a row from PK TABLE (should fail) UPDATE PKTABLE SET ptest1=0 WHERE ptest1=2; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (ptest1)=(2) is still referenced from table "fktable". -- Update a row from PK TABLE (should succeed) UPDATE PKTABLE SET ptest1=0 WHERE ptest1=4; -- Check PKTABLE for updates SELECT * FROM PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 --------+-------- 1 | Test1 2 | Test2 3 | Test3 0 | Test4 (4 rows) DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- MATCH SIMPLE -- Base test restricting update/delete CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int, ptest2 int, ptest3 int, ptest4 text, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2, ptest3) ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int, ftest2 int, ftest3 int, ftest4 int, CONSTRAINT constrname3 FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2, ftest3) REFERENCES PKTABLE); -- Insert Primary Key values INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 'test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, 3, 'test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 3, 4, 'test3'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 5, 'test4'); -- Insert Foreign Key values INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 1); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 3, 2); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, NULL, 3, 3); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 7, 4); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 3, 4, 5); -- Insert a failed values INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 7, 6); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname3" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2, ftest3)=(1, 2, 7) is not present in table "pktable". -- Show FKTABLE SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 (5 rows) -- Try to update something that should fail UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest2=5 where ptest2=2; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname3" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (ptest1, ptest2, ptest3)=(1, 2, 3) is still referenced from table "fktable". -- Try to update something that should succeed UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest1=1 WHERE ptest2=3; -- Try to delete something that should fail DELETE FROM PKTABLE where ptest1=1 and ptest2=2 and ptest3=3; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname3" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (ptest1, ptest2, ptest3)=(1, 2, 3) is still referenced from table "fktable". -- Try to delete something that should work DELETE FROM PKTABLE where ptest1=2; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | test1 1 | 3 | 3 | test2 1 | 3 | 4 | test3 (3 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 (5 rows) DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- restrict with null values CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int, ptest2 int, ptest3 int, ptest4 text, UNIQUE(ptest1, ptest2, ptest3) ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int, ftest2 int, ftest3 int, ftest4 int, CONSTRAINT constrname3 FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2, ftest3) REFERENCES PKTABLE (ptest1, ptest2, ptest3)); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 'test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, NULL, 'test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, NULL, 4, 'test3'); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 1); DELETE FROM PKTABLE WHERE ptest1 = 2; SELECT * FROM PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | test1 1 | 3 | | test2 (2 rows) SELECT * FROM FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 (1 row) DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- cascade update/delete CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int, ptest2 int, ptest3 int, ptest4 text, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2, ptest3) ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int, ftest2 int, ftest3 int, ftest4 int, CONSTRAINT constrname3 FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2, ftest3) REFERENCES PKTABLE ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE); -- Insert Primary Key values INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 'test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, 3, 'test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 3, 4, 'test3'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 5, 'test4'); -- Insert Foreign Key values INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 1); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 3, 2); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, NULL, 3, 3); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 7, 4); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 3, 4, 5); -- Insert a failed values INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 7, 6); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname3" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2, ftest3)=(1, 2, 7) is not present in table "pktable". -- Show FKTABLE SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 (5 rows) -- Try to update something that will cascade UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest2=5 where ptest2=2; -- Try to update something that should not cascade UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest1=1 WHERE ptest2=3; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | 4 | 5 | test4 1 | 5 | 3 | test1 1 | 3 | 3 | test2 1 | 3 | 4 | test3 (4 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 (5 rows) -- Try to delete something that should cascade DELETE FROM PKTABLE where ptest1=1 and ptest2=5 and ptest3=3; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | 4 | 5 | test4 1 | 3 | 3 | test2 1 | 3 | 4 | test3 (3 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 (4 rows) -- Try to delete something that should not have a cascade DELETE FROM PKTABLE where ptest1=2; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 3 | 3 | test2 1 | 3 | 4 | test3 (2 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 (4 rows) DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- set null update / set default delete CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int, ptest2 int, ptest3 int, ptest4 text, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2, ptest3) ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int DEFAULT 0, ftest2 int, ftest3 int, ftest4 int, CONSTRAINT constrname3 FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2, ftest3) REFERENCES PKTABLE ON DELETE SET DEFAULT ON UPDATE SET NULL); -- Insert Primary Key values INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 'test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, 3, 'test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 3, 4, 'test3'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 5, 'test4'); -- Insert Foreign Key values INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 1); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 3, 4, 1); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 3, 2); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, NULL, 3, 3); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 7, 4); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 3, 4, 5); -- Insert a failed values INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 7, 6); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname3" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2, ftest3)=(1, 2, 7) is not present in table "pktable". -- Show FKTABLE SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 (6 rows) -- Try to update something that will set null UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest2=5 where ptest2=2; -- Try to update something that should not set null UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest2=2 WHERE ptest2=3 and ptest1=1; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | 3 | 4 | test3 2 | 4 | 5 | test4 1 | 5 | 3 | test1 1 | 2 | 3 | test2 (4 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | 1 (6 rows) -- Try to delete something that should set default DELETE FROM PKTABLE where ptest1=2 and ptest2=3 and ptest3=4; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | 4 | 5 | test4 1 | 5 | 3 | test1 1 | 2 | 3 | test2 (3 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | 1 0 | | | 1 (6 rows) -- Try to delete something that should not set default DELETE FROM PKTABLE where ptest2=5; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | 4 | 5 | test4 1 | 2 | 3 | test2 (2 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | 1 0 | | | 1 (6 rows) DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- set default update / set null delete CREATE TABLE PKTABLE ( ptest1 int, ptest2 int, ptest3 int, ptest4 text, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2, ptest3) ); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE ( ftest1 int DEFAULT 0, ftest2 int DEFAULT -1, ftest3 int DEFAULT -2, ftest4 int, CONSTRAINT constrname3 FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2, ftest3) REFERENCES PKTABLE ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT); -- Insert Primary Key values INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 'test1'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (1, 3, 3, 'test2'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 3, 4, 'test3'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 5, 'test4'); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES (2, -1, 5, 'test5'); -- Insert Foreign Key values INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 3, 1); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 3, 4, 1); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, 4, 5, 1); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 3, 2); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (2, NULL, 3, 3); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 2, 7, 4); INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (NULL, 3, 4, 5); -- Insert a failed values INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES (1, 2, 7, 6); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname3" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2, ftest3)=(1, 2, 7) is not present in table "pktable". -- Show FKTABLE SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 (7 rows) -- Try to update something that will fail UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest2=5 where ptest2=2; ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "constrname3" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2, ftest3)=(0, -1, -2) is not present in table "pktable". -- Try to update something that will set default UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest1=0, ptest2=-1, ptest3=-2 where ptest2=2; UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest2=10 where ptest2=4; -- Try to update something that should not set default UPDATE PKTABLE set ptest2=2 WHERE ptest2=3 and ptest1=1; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | 3 | 4 | test3 2 | -1 | 5 | test5 0 | -1 | -2 | test1 2 | 10 | 5 | test4 1 | 2 | 3 | test2 (5 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 0 | -1 | -2 | 1 0 | -1 | -2 | 1 (7 rows) -- Try to delete something that should set null DELETE FROM PKTABLE where ptest1=2 and ptest2=3 and ptest3=4; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 2 | -1 | 5 | test5 0 | -1 | -2 | test1 2 | 10 | 5 | test4 1 | 2 | 3 | test2 (4 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 0 | -1 | -2 | 1 0 | -1 | -2 | 1 | | | 1 (7 rows) -- Try to delete something that should not set null DELETE FROM PKTABLE where ptest2=-1 and ptest3=5; -- Show PKTABLE and FKTABLE SELECT * from PKTABLE; ptest1 | ptest2 | ptest3 | ptest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- 0 | -1 | -2 | test1 2 | 10 | 5 | test4 1 | 2 | 3 | test2 (3 rows) SELECT * from FKTABLE; ftest1 | ftest2 | ftest3 | ftest4 --------+--------+--------+-------- | 2 | 3 | 2 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 0 | -1 | -2 | 1 0 | -1 | -2 | 1 | | | 1 (7 rows) DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int PRIMARY KEY); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE_FAIL1 ( ftest1 int, CONSTRAINT fkfail1 FOREIGN KEY (ftest2) REFERENCES PKTABLE); ERROR: column "ftest2" referenced in foreign key constraint does not exist CREATE TABLE FKTABLE_FAIL2 ( ftest1 int, CONSTRAINT fkfail1 FOREIGN KEY (ftest1) REFERENCES PKTABLE(ptest2)); ERROR: column "ptest2" referenced in foreign key constraint does not exist DROP TABLE FKTABLE_FAIL1; ERROR: table "fktable_fail1" does not exist DROP TABLE FKTABLE_FAIL2; ERROR: table "fktable_fail2" does not exist DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- Test for referencing column number smaller than referenced constraint CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int, ptest2 int, UNIQUE(ptest1, ptest2)); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE_FAIL1 (ftest1 int REFERENCES pktable(ptest1)); ERROR: there is no unique constraint matching given keys for referenced table "pktable" DROP TABLE FKTABLE_FAIL1; ERROR: table "fktable_fail1" does not exist DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- -- Tests for mismatched types -- -- Basic one column, two table setup CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int PRIMARY KEY); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES(42); -- This next should fail, because int=inet does not exist CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 inet REFERENCES pktable); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. -- This should also fail for the same reason, but here we -- give the column name CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 inet REFERENCES pktable(ptest1)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. -- This should succeed, even though they are different types, -- because int=int8 exists and is a member of the integer opfamily CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 int8 REFERENCES pktable); -- Check it actually works INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES(42); -- should succeed INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES(43); -- should fail ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (ftest1)=(43) is not present in table "pktable". UPDATE FKTABLE SET ftest1 = ftest1; -- should succeed UPDATE FKTABLE SET ftest1 = ftest1 + 1; -- should fail ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (ftest1)=(43) is not present in table "pktable". DROP TABLE FKTABLE; -- This should fail, because we'd have to cast numeric to int which is -- not an implicit coercion (or use numeric=numeric, but that's not part -- of the integer opfamily) CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 numeric REFERENCES pktable); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: numeric and integer. DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- On the other hand, this should work because int implicitly promotes to -- numeric, and we allow promotion on the FK side CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 numeric PRIMARY KEY); INSERT INTO PKTABLE VALUES(42); CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 int REFERENCES pktable); -- Check it actually works INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES(42); -- should succeed INSERT INTO FKTABLE VALUES(43); -- should fail ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (ftest1)=(43) is not present in table "pktable". UPDATE FKTABLE SET ftest1 = ftest1; -- should succeed UPDATE FKTABLE SET ftest1 = ftest1 + 1; -- should fail ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (ftest1)=(43) is not present in table "pktable". DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- Two columns, two tables CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int, ptest2 inet, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2)); -- This should fail, because we just chose really odd types CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 cidr, ftest2 timestamp, FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2) REFERENCES pktable); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: cidr and integer. -- Again, so should this... CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 cidr, ftest2 timestamp, FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2) REFERENCES pktable(ptest1, ptest2)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: cidr and integer. -- This fails because we mixed up the column ordering CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 int, ftest2 inet, FOREIGN KEY(ftest2, ftest1) REFERENCES pktable); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest2_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest2" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. -- As does this... CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 int, ftest2 inet, FOREIGN KEY(ftest2, ftest1) REFERENCES pktable(ptest1, ptest2)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest2_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest2" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. -- And again.. CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 int, ftest2 inet, FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2) REFERENCES pktable(ptest2, ptest1)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "ptest2" are of incompatible types: integer and inet. -- This works... CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 int, ftest2 inet, FOREIGN KEY(ftest2, ftest1) REFERENCES pktable(ptest2, ptest1)); DROP TABLE FKTABLE; -- As does this CREATE TABLE FKTABLE (ftest1 int, ftest2 inet, FOREIGN KEY(ftest1, ftest2) REFERENCES pktable(ptest1, ptest2)); DROP TABLE FKTABLE; DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- Two columns, same table -- Make sure this still works... CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int, ptest2 inet, ptest3 int, ptest4 inet, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2), FOREIGN KEY(ptest3, ptest4) REFERENCES pktable(ptest1, ptest2)); DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- And this, CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int, ptest2 inet, ptest3 int, ptest4 inet, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2), FOREIGN KEY(ptest3, ptest4) REFERENCES pktable); DROP TABLE PKTABLE; -- This shouldn't (mixed up columns) CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int, ptest2 inet, ptest3 int, ptest4 inet, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2), FOREIGN KEY(ptest3, ptest4) REFERENCES pktable(ptest2, ptest1)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "pktable_ptest3_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ptest3" and "ptest2" are of incompatible types: integer and inet. -- Nor should this... (same reason, we have 4,3 referencing 1,2 which mismatches types CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int, ptest2 inet, ptest3 int, ptest4 inet, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2), FOREIGN KEY(ptest4, ptest3) REFERENCES pktable(ptest1, ptest2)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "pktable_ptest4_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ptest4" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. -- Not this one either... Same as the last one except we didn't defined the columns being referenced. CREATE TABLE PKTABLE (ptest1 int, ptest2 inet, ptest3 int, ptest4 inet, PRIMARY KEY(ptest1, ptest2), FOREIGN KEY(ptest4, ptest3) REFERENCES pktable); ERROR: foreign key constraint "pktable_ptest4_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ptest4" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. -- -- Now some cases with inheritance -- Basic 2 table case: 1 column of matching types. create table pktable_base (base1 int not null); create table pktable (ptest1 int, primary key(base1), unique(base1, ptest1)) inherits (pktable_base); create table fktable (ftest1 int references pktable(base1)); -- now some ins, upd, del insert into pktable(base1) values (1); insert into pktable(base1) values (2); -- let's insert a non-existent fktable value insert into fktable(ftest1) values (3); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (ftest1)=(3) is not present in table "pktable". -- let's make a valid row for that insert into pktable(base1) values (3); insert into fktable(ftest1) values (3); -- let's try removing a row that should fail from pktable delete from pktable where base1>2; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (base1)=(3) is still referenced from table "fktable". -- okay, let's try updating all of the base1 values to *4 -- which should fail. update pktable set base1=base1*4; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (base1)=(3) is still referenced from table "fktable". -- okay, let's try an update that should work. update pktable set base1=base1*4 where base1<3; -- and a delete that should work delete from pktable where base1>3; -- cleanup drop table fktable; delete from pktable; -- Now 2 columns 2 tables, matching types create table fktable (ftest1 int, ftest2 int, foreign key(ftest1, ftest2) references pktable(base1, ptest1)); -- now some ins, upd, del insert into pktable(base1, ptest1) values (1, 1); insert into pktable(base1, ptest1) values (2, 2); -- let's insert a non-existent fktable value insert into fktable(ftest1, ftest2) values (3, 1); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (ftest1, ftest2)=(3, 1) is not present in table "pktable". -- let's make a valid row for that insert into pktable(base1,ptest1) values (3, 1); insert into fktable(ftest1, ftest2) values (3, 1); -- let's try removing a row that should fail from pktable delete from pktable where base1>2; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (base1, ptest1)=(3, 1) is still referenced from table "fktable". -- okay, let's try updating all of the base1 values to *4 -- which should fail. update pktable set base1=base1*4; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (base1, ptest1)=(3, 1) is still referenced from table "fktable". -- okay, let's try an update that should work. update pktable set base1=base1*4 where base1<3; -- and a delete that should work delete from pktable where base1>3; -- cleanup drop table fktable; drop table pktable; drop table pktable_base; -- Now we'll do one all in 1 table with 2 columns of matching types create table pktable_base(base1 int not null, base2 int); create table pktable(ptest1 int, ptest2 int, primary key(base1, ptest1), foreign key(base2, ptest2) references pktable(base1, ptest1)) inherits (pktable_base); insert into pktable (base1, ptest1, base2, ptest2) values (1, 1, 1, 1); insert into pktable (base1, ptest1, base2, ptest2) values (2, 1, 1, 1); insert into pktable (base1, ptest1, base2, ptest2) values (2, 2, 2, 1); insert into pktable (base1, ptest1, base2, ptest2) values (1, 3, 2, 2); -- fails (3,2) isn't in base1, ptest1 insert into pktable (base1, ptest1, base2, ptest2) values (2, 3, 3, 2); ERROR: insert or update on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "pktable_base2_fkey" DETAIL: Key (base2, ptest2)=(3, 2) is not present in table "pktable". -- fails (2,2) is being referenced delete from pktable where base1=2; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "pktable_base2_fkey" on table "pktable" DETAIL: Key (base1, ptest1)=(2, 2) is still referenced from table "pktable". -- fails (1,1) is being referenced (twice) update pktable set base1=3 where base1=1; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "pktable_base2_fkey" on table "pktable" DETAIL: Key (base1, ptest1)=(1, 1) is still referenced from table "pktable". -- this sequence of two deletes will work, since after the first there will be no (2,*) references delete from pktable where base2=2; delete from pktable where base1=2; drop table pktable; drop table pktable_base; -- 2 columns (2 tables), mismatched types create table pktable_base(base1 int not null); create table pktable(ptest1 inet, primary key(base1, ptest1)) inherits (pktable_base); -- just generally bad types (with and without column references on the referenced table) create table fktable(ftest1 cidr, ftest2 int[], foreign key (ftest1, ftest2) references pktable); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "base1" are of incompatible types: cidr and integer. create table fktable(ftest1 cidr, ftest2 int[], foreign key (ftest1, ftest2) references pktable(base1, ptest1)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "base1" are of incompatible types: cidr and integer. -- let's mix up which columns reference which create table fktable(ftest1 int, ftest2 inet, foreign key(ftest2, ftest1) references pktable); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest2_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest2" and "base1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. create table fktable(ftest1 int, ftest2 inet, foreign key(ftest2, ftest1) references pktable(base1, ptest1)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest2_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest2" and "base1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. create table fktable(ftest1 int, ftest2 inet, foreign key(ftest1, ftest2) references pktable(ptest1, base1)); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fktable_ftest1_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ftest1" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: integer and inet. drop table pktable; drop table pktable_base; -- 2 columns (1 table), mismatched types create table pktable_base(base1 int not null, base2 int); create table pktable(ptest1 inet, ptest2 inet[], primary key(base1, ptest1), foreign key(base2, ptest2) references pktable(base1, ptest1)) inherits (pktable_base); ERROR: foreign key constraint "pktable_base2_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ptest2" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: inet[] and inet. create table pktable(ptest1 inet, ptest2 inet, primary key(base1, ptest1), foreign key(base2, ptest2) references pktable(ptest1, base1)) inherits (pktable_base); ERROR: foreign key constraint "pktable_base2_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "base2" and "ptest1" are of incompatible types: integer and inet. create table pktable(ptest1 inet, ptest2 inet, primary key(base1, ptest1), foreign key(ptest2, base2) references pktable(base1, ptest1)) inherits (pktable_base); ERROR: foreign key constraint "pktable_ptest2_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ptest2" and "base1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. create table pktable(ptest1 inet, ptest2 inet, primary key(base1, ptest1), foreign key(ptest2, base2) references pktable(base1, ptest1)) inherits (pktable_base); ERROR: foreign key constraint "pktable_ptest2_fkey" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "ptest2" and "base1" are of incompatible types: inet and integer. drop table pktable; ERROR: table "pktable" does not exist drop table pktable_base; -- -- Deferrable constraints -- (right now, only FOREIGN KEY constraints can be deferred) -- -- deferrable, explicitly deferred CREATE TABLE pktable ( id INT4 PRIMARY KEY, other INT4 ); CREATE TABLE fktable ( id INT4 PRIMARY KEY, fk INT4 REFERENCES pktable DEFERRABLE ); -- default to immediate: should fail INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (5, 10); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(10) is not present in table "pktable". -- explicitly defer the constraint BEGIN; SET CONSTRAINTS ALL DEFERRED; INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (10, 15); INSERT INTO pktable VALUES (15, 0); -- make the FK insert valid COMMIT; DROP TABLE fktable, pktable; -- deferrable, initially deferred CREATE TABLE pktable ( id INT4 PRIMARY KEY, other INT4 ); CREATE TABLE fktable ( id INT4 PRIMARY KEY, fk INT4 REFERENCES pktable DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED ); -- default to deferred, should succeed BEGIN; INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (100, 200); INSERT INTO pktable VALUES (200, 500); -- make the FK insert valid COMMIT; -- default to deferred, explicitly make immediate BEGIN; SET CONSTRAINTS ALL IMMEDIATE; -- should fail INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (500, 1000); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(1000) is not present in table "pktable". COMMIT; DROP TABLE fktable, pktable; -- tricky behavior: according to SQL99, if a deferred constraint is set -- to 'immediate' mode, it should be checked for validity *immediately*, -- not when the current transaction commits (i.e. the mode change applies -- retroactively) CREATE TABLE pktable ( id INT4 PRIMARY KEY, other INT4 ); CREATE TABLE fktable ( id INT4 PRIMARY KEY, fk INT4 REFERENCES pktable DEFERRABLE ); BEGIN; SET CONSTRAINTS ALL DEFERRED; -- should succeed, for now INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (1000, 2000); -- should cause transaction abort, due to preceding error SET CONSTRAINTS ALL IMMEDIATE; ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(2000) is not present in table "pktable". INSERT INTO pktable VALUES (2000, 3); -- too late ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block COMMIT; DROP TABLE fktable, pktable; -- deferrable, initially deferred CREATE TABLE pktable ( id INT4 PRIMARY KEY, other INT4 ); CREATE TABLE fktable ( id INT4 PRIMARY KEY, fk INT4 REFERENCES pktable DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED ); BEGIN; -- no error here INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (100, 200); -- error here on commit COMMIT; ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(200) is not present in table "pktable". DROP TABLE pktable, fktable; -- test notice about expensive referential integrity checks, -- where the index cannot be used because of type incompatibilities. CREATE TEMP TABLE pktable ( id1 INT4 PRIMARY KEY, id2 VARCHAR(4) UNIQUE, id3 REAL UNIQUE, UNIQUE(id1, id2, id3) ); CREATE TEMP TABLE fktable ( x1 INT4 REFERENCES pktable(id1), x2 VARCHAR(4) REFERENCES pktable(id2), x3 REAL REFERENCES pktable(id3), x4 TEXT, x5 INT2 ); -- check individual constraints with alter table. -- should fail -- varchar does not promote to real ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_2_3 FOREIGN KEY (x2) REFERENCES pktable(id3); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fk_2_3" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "x2" and "id3" are of incompatible types: character varying and real. -- nor to int4 ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_2_1 FOREIGN KEY (x2) REFERENCES pktable(id1); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fk_2_1" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "x2" and "id1" are of incompatible types: character varying and integer. -- real does not promote to int4 ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_3_1 FOREIGN KEY (x3) REFERENCES pktable(id1); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fk_3_1" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "x3" and "id1" are of incompatible types: real and integer. -- int4 does not promote to text ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_2 FOREIGN KEY (x1) REFERENCES pktable(id2); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fk_1_2" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "x1" and "id2" are of incompatible types: integer and character varying. -- should succeed -- int4 promotes to real ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_3 FOREIGN KEY (x1) REFERENCES pktable(id3); -- text is compatible with varchar ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_4_2 FOREIGN KEY (x4) REFERENCES pktable(id2); -- int2 is part of integer opfamily as of 8.0 ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_5_1 FOREIGN KEY (x5) REFERENCES pktable(id1); -- check multikey cases, especially out-of-order column lists -- these should work ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_123_123 FOREIGN KEY (x1,x2,x3) REFERENCES pktable(id1,id2,id3); ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_213_213 FOREIGN KEY (x2,x1,x3) REFERENCES pktable(id2,id1,id3); ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_253_213 FOREIGN KEY (x2,x5,x3) REFERENCES pktable(id2,id1,id3); -- these should fail ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_123_231 FOREIGN KEY (x1,x2,x3) REFERENCES pktable(id2,id3,id1); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fk_123_231" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "x1" and "id2" are of incompatible types: integer and character varying. ALTER TABLE fktable ADD CONSTRAINT fk_241_132 FOREIGN KEY (x2,x4,x1) REFERENCES pktable(id1,id3,id2); ERROR: foreign key constraint "fk_241_132" cannot be implemented DETAIL: Key columns "x2" and "id1" are of incompatible types: character varying and integer. DROP TABLE pktable, fktable; -- test a tricky case: we can elide firing the FK check trigger during -- an UPDATE if the UPDATE did not change the foreign key -- field. However, we can't do this if our transaction was the one that -- created the updated row and the trigger is deferred, since our UPDATE -- will have invalidated the original newly-inserted tuple, and therefore -- cause the on-INSERT RI trigger not to be fired. CREATE TEMP TABLE pktable ( id int primary key, other int ); CREATE TEMP TABLE fktable ( id int primary key, fk int references pktable deferrable initially deferred ); INSERT INTO pktable VALUES (5, 10); BEGIN; -- doesn't match PK, but no error yet INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (0, 20); -- don't change FK UPDATE fktable SET id = id + 1; -- should catch error from initial INSERT COMMIT; ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(20) is not present in table "pktable". -- check same case when insert is in a different subtransaction than update BEGIN; -- doesn't match PK, but no error yet INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (0, 20); -- UPDATE will be in a subxact SAVEPOINT savept1; -- don't change FK UPDATE fktable SET id = id + 1; -- should catch error from initial INSERT COMMIT; ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(20) is not present in table "pktable". BEGIN; -- INSERT will be in a subxact SAVEPOINT savept1; -- doesn't match PK, but no error yet INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (0, 20); RELEASE SAVEPOINT savept1; -- don't change FK UPDATE fktable SET id = id + 1; -- should catch error from initial INSERT COMMIT; ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(20) is not present in table "pktable". BEGIN; -- doesn't match PK, but no error yet INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (0, 20); -- UPDATE will be in a subxact SAVEPOINT savept1; -- don't change FK UPDATE fktable SET id = id + 1; -- Roll back the UPDATE ROLLBACK TO savept1; -- should catch error from initial INSERT COMMIT; ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(20) is not present in table "pktable". -- -- check ALTER CONSTRAINT -- INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (1, 5); ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE; BEGIN; -- doesn't match FK, should throw error now UPDATE pktable SET id = 10 WHERE id = 5; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" on table "fktable" DETAIL: Key (id)=(5) is still referenced from table "fktable". COMMIT; BEGIN; -- doesn't match PK, should throw error now INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (0, 20); ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey" DETAIL: Key (fk)=(20) is not present in table "pktable". COMMIT; -- try additional syntax ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey NOT DEFERRABLE; -- illegal option ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED; ERROR: constraint declared INITIALLY DEFERRED must be DEFERRABLE LINE 1: ...e ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY ... ^ -- test order of firing of FK triggers when several RI-induced changes need to -- be made to the same row. This was broken by subtransaction-related -- changes in 8.0. CREATE TEMP TABLE users ( id INT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR NOT NULL ); INSERT INTO users VALUES (1, 'Jozko'); INSERT INTO users VALUES (2, 'Ferko'); INSERT INTO users VALUES (3, 'Samko'); CREATE TEMP TABLE tasks ( id INT PRIMARY KEY, owner INT REFERENCES users ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE SET NULL, worker INT REFERENCES users ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE SET NULL, checked_by INT REFERENCES users ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE SET NULL ); INSERT INTO tasks VALUES (1,1,NULL,NULL); INSERT INTO tasks VALUES (2,2,2,NULL); INSERT INTO tasks VALUES (3,3,3,3); SELECT * FROM tasks; id | owner | worker | checked_by ----+-------+--------+------------ 1 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 (3 rows) UPDATE users SET id = 4 WHERE id = 3; SELECT * FROM tasks; id | owner | worker | checked_by ----+-------+--------+------------ 1 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 (3 rows) DELETE FROM users WHERE id = 4; SELECT * FROM tasks; id | owner | worker | checked_by ----+-------+--------+------------ 1 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | (3 rows) -- could fail with only 2 changes to make, if row was already updated BEGIN; UPDATE tasks set id=id WHERE id=2; SELECT * FROM tasks; id | owner | worker | checked_by ----+-------+--------+------------ 1 | 1 | | 3 | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | (3 rows) DELETE FROM users WHERE id = 2; SELECT * FROM tasks; id | owner | worker | checked_by ----+-------+--------+------------ 1 | 1 | | 3 | | | 2 | | | (3 rows) COMMIT; -- -- Test self-referential FK with CASCADE (bug #6268) -- create temp table selfref ( a int primary key, b int, foreign key (b) references selfref (a) on update cascade on delete cascade ); insert into selfref (a, b) values (0, 0), (1, 1); begin; update selfref set a = 123 where a = 0; select a, b from selfref; a | b -----+----- 1 | 1 123 | 123 (2 rows) update selfref set a = 456 where a = 123; select a, b from selfref; a | b -----+----- 1 | 1 456 | 456 (2 rows) commit; -- -- Test that SET DEFAULT actions recognize updates to default values -- create temp table defp (f1 int primary key); create temp table defc (f1 int default 0 references defp on delete set default); insert into defp values (0), (1), (2); insert into defc values (2); select * from defc; f1 ---- 2 (1 row) delete from defp where f1 = 2; select * from defc; f1 ---- 0 (1 row) delete from defp where f1 = 0; -- fail ERROR: update or delete on table "defp" violates foreign key constraint "defc_f1_fkey" on table "defc" DETAIL: Key (f1)=(0) is still referenced from table "defc". alter table defc alter column f1 set default 1; delete from defp where f1 = 0; select * from defc; f1 ---- 1 (1 row) delete from defp where f1 = 1; -- fail ERROR: update or delete on table "defp" violates foreign key constraint "defc_f1_fkey" on table "defc" DETAIL: Key (f1)=(1) is still referenced from table "defc". -- -- Test the difference between NO ACTION and RESTRICT -- create temp table pp (f1 int primary key); create temp table cc (f1 int references pp on update no action on delete no action); insert into pp values(12); insert into pp values(11); update pp set f1=f1+1; insert into cc values(13); update pp set f1=f1+1; update pp set f1=f1+1; -- fail ERROR: update or delete on table "pp" violates foreign key constraint "cc_f1_fkey" on table "cc" DETAIL: Key (f1)=(13) is still referenced from table "cc". delete from pp where f1 = 13; -- fail ERROR: update or delete on table "pp" violates foreign key constraint "cc_f1_fkey" on table "cc" DETAIL: Key (f1)=(13) is still referenced from table "cc". drop table pp, cc; create temp table pp (f1 int primary key); create temp table cc (f1 int references pp on update restrict on delete restrict); insert into pp values(12); insert into pp values(11); update pp set f1=f1+1; insert into cc values(13); update pp set f1=f1+1; -- fail ERROR: update or delete on table "pp" violates foreign key constraint "cc_f1_fkey" on table "cc" DETAIL: Key (f1)=(13) is still referenced from table "cc". delete from pp where f1 = 13; -- fail ERROR: update or delete on table "pp" violates foreign key constraint "cc_f1_fkey" on table "cc" DETAIL: Key (f1)=(13) is still referenced from table "cc". drop table pp, cc; -- -- Test interaction of foreign-key optimization with rules (bug #14219) -- create temp table t1 (a integer primary key, b text); create temp table t2 (a integer primary key, b integer references t1); create rule r1 as on delete to t1 do delete from t2 where t2.b = old.a; explain (costs off) delete from t1 where a = 1; QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------- Delete on t2 -> Nested Loop -> Index Scan using t1_pkey on t1 Index Cond: (a = 1) -> Seq Scan on t2 Filter: (b = 1) Delete on t1 -> Index Scan using t1_pkey on t1 Index Cond: (a = 1) (10 rows) delete from t1 where a = 1; -- Test a primary key with attributes located in later attnum positions -- compared to the fk attributes. create table pktable2 (a int, b int, c int, d int, e int, primary key (d, e)); create table fktable2 (d int, e int, foreign key (d, e) references pktable2); insert into pktable2 values (1, 2, 3, 4, 5); insert into fktable2 values (4, 5); delete from pktable2; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable2" violates foreign key constraint "fktable2_d_fkey" on table "fktable2" DETAIL: Key (d, e)=(4, 5) is still referenced from table "fktable2". update pktable2 set d = 5; ERROR: update or delete on table "pktable2" violates foreign key constraint "fktable2_d_fkey" on table "fktable2" DETAIL: Key (d, e)=(4, 5) is still referenced from table "fktable2". drop table pktable2, fktable2; -- -- Test deferred FK check on a tuple deleted by a rolled-back subtransaction -- create table pktable2(f1 int primary key); create table fktable2(f1 int references pktable2 deferrable initially deferred); insert into pktable2 values(1); begin; insert into fktable2 values(1); savepoint x; delete from fktable2; rollback to x; commit; begin; insert into fktable2 values(2); savepoint x; delete from fktable2; rollback to x; commit; -- fail ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable2" violates foreign key constraint "fktable2_f1_fkey" DETAIL: Key (f1)=(2) is not present in table "pktable2". -- -- Test that we prevent dropping FK constraint with pending trigger events -- begin; insert into fktable2 values(2); alter table fktable2 drop constraint fktable2_f1_fkey; ERROR: cannot ALTER TABLE "fktable2" because it has pending trigger events commit; begin; delete from pktable2 where f1 = 1; alter table fktable2 drop constraint fktable2_f1_fkey; ERROR: cannot ALTER TABLE "pktable2" because it has pending trigger events commit; drop table pktable2, fktable2; -- -- Foreign keys and partitioned tables -- -- partitioned table in the referenced side are not allowed CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_pk (a int, b int, primary key (a, b)) PARTITION BY RANGE (a, b); -- verify with create table first ... CREATE TABLE fk_notpartitioned_fk (a int, b int, FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_partitioned_pk); ERROR: cannot reference partitioned table "fk_partitioned_pk" -- and then with alter table. CREATE TABLE fk_notpartitioned_fk_2 (a int, b int); ALTER TABLE fk_notpartitioned_fk_2 ADD FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_partitioned_pk; ERROR: cannot reference partitioned table "fk_partitioned_pk" DROP TABLE fk_partitioned_pk, fk_notpartitioned_fk_2; -- Creation of a partitioned hierarchy with irregular definitions CREATE TABLE fk_notpartitioned_pk (fdrop1 int, a int, fdrop2 int, b int, PRIMARY KEY (a, b)); ALTER TABLE fk_notpartitioned_pk DROP COLUMN fdrop1, DROP COLUMN fdrop2; CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk (b int, fdrop1 int, a int) PARTITION BY RANGE (a, b); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk DROP COLUMN fdrop1; CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_1 (fdrop1 int, fdrop2 int, a int, fdrop3 int, b int); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_1 DROP COLUMN fdrop1, DROP COLUMN fdrop2, DROP COLUMN fdrop3; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_1 FOR VALUES FROM (0,0) TO (1000,1000); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ADD FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk; CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2 (b int, fdrop1 int, fdrop2 int, a int); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2 DROP COLUMN fdrop1, DROP COLUMN fdrop2; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_2 FOR VALUES FROM (1000,1000) TO (2000,2000); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_3 (fdrop1 int, fdrop2 int, fdrop3 int, fdrop4 int, b int, a int) PARTITION BY HASH (a); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_3 DROP COLUMN fdrop1, DROP COLUMN fdrop2, DROP COLUMN fdrop3, DROP COLUMN fdrop4; CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_3_0 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk_3 FOR VALUES WITH (MODULUS 5, REMAINDER 0); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_3_1 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk_3 FOR VALUES WITH (MODULUS 5, REMAINDER 1); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_3 FOR VALUES FROM (2000,2000) TO (3000,3000); -- Creating a foreign key with ONLY on a partitioned table referencing -- a non-partitioned table fails. ALTER TABLE ONLY fk_partitioned_fk ADD FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk; ERROR: cannot use ONLY for foreign key on partitioned table "fk_partitioned_fk" referencing relation "fk_notpartitioned_pk" -- Adding a NOT VALID foreign key on a partitioned table referencing -- a non-partitioned table fails. ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ADD FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk NOT VALID; ERROR: cannot add NOT VALID foreign key on partitioned table "fk_partitioned_fk" referencing relation "fk_notpartitioned_pk" DETAIL: This feature is not yet supported on partitioned tables. -- these inserts, targeting both the partition directly as well as the -- partitioned table, should all fail INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (500, 501); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_1" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(500, 501) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_1 (a,b) VALUES (500, 501); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_1" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(500, 501) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (1500, 1501); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_2" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(1500, 1501) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_2 (a,b) VALUES (1500, 1501); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_2" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(1500, 1501) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (2500, 2502); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_3_1" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2500, 2502) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_3 (a,b) VALUES (2500, 2502); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_3_1" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2500, 2502) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (2501, 2503); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_3_0" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2501, 2503) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_3 (a,b) VALUES (2501, 2503); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_3_0" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2501, 2503) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". -- but if we insert the values that make them valid, then they work INSERT INTO fk_notpartitioned_pk VALUES (500, 501), (1500, 1501), (2500, 2502), (2501, 2503); INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (500, 501); INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (1500, 1501); INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (2500, 2502); INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (2501, 2503); -- this update fails because there is no referenced row UPDATE fk_partitioned_fk SET a = a + 1 WHERE a = 2501; ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_3_1" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2502, 2503) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". -- but we can fix it thusly: INSERT INTO fk_notpartitioned_pk (a,b) VALUES (2502, 2503); UPDATE fk_partitioned_fk SET a = a + 1 WHERE a = 2501; -- these updates would leave lingering rows in the referencing table; disallow UPDATE fk_notpartitioned_pk SET b = 502 WHERE a = 500; ERROR: update or delete on table "fk_notpartitioned_pk" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" on table "fk_partitioned_fk" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(500, 501) is still referenced from table "fk_partitioned_fk". UPDATE fk_notpartitioned_pk SET b = 1502 WHERE a = 1500; ERROR: update or delete on table "fk_notpartitioned_pk" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" on table "fk_partitioned_fk" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(1500, 1501) is still referenced from table "fk_partitioned_fk". UPDATE fk_notpartitioned_pk SET b = 2504 WHERE a = 2500; ERROR: update or delete on table "fk_notpartitioned_pk" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" on table "fk_partitioned_fk" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2500, 2502) is still referenced from table "fk_partitioned_fk". ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk DROP CONSTRAINT fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey; -- done. DROP TABLE fk_notpartitioned_pk, fk_partitioned_fk; -- Altering a type referenced by a foreign key needs to drop/recreate the FK. -- Ensure that works. CREATE TABLE fk_notpartitioned_pk (a INT, PRIMARY KEY(a), CHECK (a > 0)); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk (a INT REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a) PRIMARY KEY) PARTITION BY RANGE(a); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_1 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk FOR VALUES FROM (MINVALUE) TO (MAXVALUE); INSERT INTO fk_notpartitioned_pk VALUES (1); INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk VALUES (1); ALTER TABLE fk_notpartitioned_pk ALTER COLUMN a TYPE bigint; DELETE FROM fk_notpartitioned_pk WHERE a = 1; ERROR: update or delete on table "fk_notpartitioned_pk" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" on table "fk_partitioned_fk" DETAIL: Key (a)=(1) is still referenced from table "fk_partitioned_fk". DROP TABLE fk_notpartitioned_pk, fk_partitioned_fk; -- Test some other exotic foreign key features: MATCH SIMPLE, ON UPDATE/DELETE -- actions CREATE TABLE fk_notpartitioned_pk (a int, b int, primary key (a, b)); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk (a int default 2501, b int default 142857) PARTITION BY LIST (a); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_1 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk FOR VALUES IN (NULL,500,501,502); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ADD FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk MATCH SIMPLE ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE SET NULL; CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk FOR VALUES IN (1500,1502); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_3 (a int, b int); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_3 FOR VALUES IN (2500,2501,2502,2503); -- this insert fails INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a, b) VALUES (2502, 2503); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_3" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2502, 2503) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_3 (a, b) VALUES (2502, 2503); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_3" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2502, 2503) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". -- but since the FK is MATCH SIMPLE, this one doesn't INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_3 (a, b) VALUES (2502, NULL); -- now create the referenced row ... INSERT INTO fk_notpartitioned_pk VALUES (2502, 2503); --- and now the same insert work INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_3 (a, b) VALUES (2502, 2503); -- this always works INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk (a,b) VALUES (NULL, NULL); -- MATCH FULL INSERT INTO fk_notpartitioned_pk VALUES (1, 2); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_full (x int, y int) PARTITION BY RANGE (x); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_full_1 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk_full DEFAULT; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_full ADD FOREIGN KEY (x, y) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk MATCH FULL; INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_full VALUES (1, NULL); -- fails ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_full_1" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_full_x_fkey" DETAIL: MATCH FULL does not allow mixing of null and nonnull key values. DROP TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_full; -- ON UPDATE SET NULL SELECT tableoid::regclass, a, b FROM fk_partitioned_fk WHERE b IS NULL ORDER BY a; tableoid | a | b ---------------------+------+--- fk_partitioned_fk_3 | 2502 | fk_partitioned_fk_1 | | (2 rows) UPDATE fk_notpartitioned_pk SET a = a + 1 WHERE a = 2502; SELECT tableoid::regclass, a, b FROM fk_partitioned_fk WHERE b IS NULL ORDER BY a; tableoid | a | b ---------------------+------+--- fk_partitioned_fk_3 | 2502 | fk_partitioned_fk_1 | | fk_partitioned_fk_1 | | (3 rows) -- ON DELETE SET NULL INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk VALUES (2503, 2503); SELECT count(*) FROM fk_partitioned_fk WHERE a IS NULL; count ------- 2 (1 row) DELETE FROM fk_notpartitioned_pk; SELECT count(*) FROM fk_partitioned_fk WHERE a IS NULL; count ------- 3 (1 row) -- ON UPDATE/DELETE SET DEFAULT ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk DROP CONSTRAINT fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ADD FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk ON DELETE SET DEFAULT ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT; INSERT INTO fk_notpartitioned_pk VALUES (2502, 2503); INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_3 (a, b) VALUES (2502, 2503); -- this fails, because the defaults for the referencing table are not present -- in the referenced table: UPDATE fk_notpartitioned_pk SET a = 1500 WHERE a = 2502; ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_3" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(2501, 142857) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". -- but inserting the row we can make it work: INSERT INTO fk_notpartitioned_pk VALUES (2501, 142857); UPDATE fk_notpartitioned_pk SET a = 1500 WHERE a = 2502; SELECT * FROM fk_partitioned_fk WHERE b = 142857; a | b ------+-------- 2501 | 142857 (1 row) -- ON UPDATE/DELETE CASCADE ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk DROP CONSTRAINT fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ADD FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE; UPDATE fk_notpartitioned_pk SET a = 2502 WHERE a = 2501; SELECT * FROM fk_partitioned_fk WHERE b = 142857; a | b ------+-------- 2502 | 142857 (1 row) -- Now you see it ... SELECT * FROM fk_partitioned_fk WHERE b = 142857; a | b ------+-------- 2502 | 142857 (1 row) DELETE FROM fk_notpartitioned_pk WHERE b = 142857; -- now you don't. SELECT * FROM fk_partitioned_fk WHERE a = 142857; a | b ---+--- (0 rows) -- verify that DROP works DROP TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2; -- Test behavior of the constraint together with attaching and detaching -- partitions. CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk FOR VALUES IN (1500,1502); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk DETACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_2; BEGIN; DROP TABLE fk_partitioned_fk; -- constraint should still be there \d fk_partitioned_fk_2; Table "public.fk_partitioned_fk_2" Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default --------+---------+-----------+----------+--------- a | integer | | | 2501 b | integer | | | 142857 Foreign-key constraints: "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE ROLLBACK; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_2 FOR VALUES IN (1500,1502); DROP TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2; CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2 (b int, c text, a int, FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2 DROP COLUMN c; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_2 FOR VALUES IN (1500,1502); -- should have only one constraint \d fk_partitioned_fk_2 Table "public.fk_partitioned_fk_2" Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default --------+---------+-----------+----------+--------- b | integer | | | a | integer | | | Partition of: fk_partitioned_fk FOR VALUES IN (1500, 1502) Foreign-key constraints: "fk_partitioned_fk_2_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE DROP TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2; CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_4 (a int, b int, FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE) PARTITION BY RANGE (b, a); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_4_1 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk_4 FOR VALUES FROM (1,1) TO (100,100); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_4_2 (a int, b int, FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE SET NULL); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_4 ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_4_2 FOR VALUES FROM (100,100) TO (1000,1000); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_4 FOR VALUES IN (3500,3502); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk DETACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_4; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_4 FOR VALUES IN (3500,3502); -- should only have one constraint \d fk_partitioned_fk_4 Partitioned table "public.fk_partitioned_fk_4" Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default --------+---------+-----------+----------+--------- a | integer | | | b | integer | | | Partition of: fk_partitioned_fk FOR VALUES IN (3500, 3502) Partition key: RANGE (b, a) Foreign-key constraints: "fk_partitioned_fk_4_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE Number of partitions: 2 (Use \d+ to list them.) \d fk_partitioned_fk_4_1 Table "public.fk_partitioned_fk_4_1" Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default --------+---------+-----------+----------+--------- a | integer | | | b | integer | | | Partition of: fk_partitioned_fk_4 FOR VALUES FROM (1, 1) TO (100, 100) Foreign-key constraints: "fk_partitioned_fk_4_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE -- this one has an FK with mismatched properties \d fk_partitioned_fk_4_2 Table "public.fk_partitioned_fk_4_2" Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default --------+---------+-----------+----------+--------- a | integer | | | b | integer | | | Partition of: fk_partitioned_fk_4 FOR VALUES FROM (100, 100) TO (1000, 1000) Foreign-key constraints: "fk_partitioned_fk_4_2_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE SET NULL "fk_partitioned_fk_4_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_5 (a int, b int, FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE DEFERRABLE, FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) MATCH FULL ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE) PARTITION BY RANGE (a); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_5_1 (a int, b int, FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_5 FOR VALUES IN (4500); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_5 ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_5_1 FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (10); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk DETACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_5; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_5 FOR VALUES IN (4500); -- this one has two constraints, similar but not quite the one in the parent, -- so it gets a new one \d fk_partitioned_fk_5 Partitioned table "public.fk_partitioned_fk_5" Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default --------+---------+-----------+----------+--------- a | integer | | | b | integer | | | Partition of: fk_partitioned_fk FOR VALUES IN (4500) Partition key: RANGE (a) Foreign-key constraints: "fk_partitioned_fk_5_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE DEFERRABLE "fk_partitioned_fk_5_a_fkey1" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) MATCH FULL ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE Number of partitions: 1 (Use \d+ to list them.) -- verify that it works to reattaching a child with multiple candidate -- constraints ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_5 DETACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_5_1; ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_5 ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_5_1 FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (10); \d fk_partitioned_fk_5_1 Table "public.fk_partitioned_fk_5_1" Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default --------+---------+-----------+----------+--------- a | integer | | | b | integer | | | Partition of: fk_partitioned_fk_5 FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (10) Foreign-key constraints: "fk_partitioned_fk_5_1_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) "fk_partitioned_fk_5_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE DEFERRABLE "fk_partitioned_fk_5_a_fkey1" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) MATCH FULL ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (a, b) REFERENCES fk_notpartitioned_pk(a, b) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE -- verify that attaching a table checks that the existing data satisfies the -- constraint CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2 (a int, b int) PARTITION BY RANGE (b); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2_1 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk_2 FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (1000); CREATE TABLE fk_partitioned_fk_2_2 PARTITION OF fk_partitioned_fk_2 FOR VALUES FROM (1000) TO (2000); INSERT INTO fk_partitioned_fk_2 VALUES (1600, 601), (1600, 1601); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_2 FOR VALUES IN (1600); ERROR: insert or update on table "fk_partitioned_fk_2" violates foreign key constraint "fk_partitioned_fk_a_fkey" DETAIL: Key (a, b)=(1600, 601) is not present in table "fk_notpartitioned_pk". INSERT INTO fk_notpartitioned_pk VALUES (1600, 601), (1600, 1601); ALTER TABLE fk_partitioned_fk ATTACH PARTITION fk_partitioned_fk_2 FOR VALUES IN (1600); -- leave these tables around intentionally