Re: A few questions about ltree

Stephan Szabo wrote:
>>SQL> CREATE TABLE ltree_test (path ltree PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES
>>ltree_test(path));
>>NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
>>"ltree_test_pkey" for table "ltree_test"
>>CREATE TABLE
>>SQL> INSERT INTO ltree_test VALUES ('a'::ltree);
>>INSERT 84117368 1
>>SQL> INSERT INTO ltree_test VALUES ('a.b'::ltree);
>>INSERT 84117369 1
>>SQL> INSERT INTO ltree_test VALUES ('a.b.c'::ltree);
>>INSERT 84117370 1
>>SQL> DELETE FROM ltree_test WHERE path = 'a.b'::ltree;
>>DELETE 1
>
> I'm not sure why you expect this to error. Any row that would reference
> a.b would be removed by the delete AFAICS.

Nope, there's no ON DELETE CASCADE on the FK, and RESTRICT is the
default (thankfully).

But the FK constraint apparently doesn't get triggered by the delete, so
neither case matters much here.

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