Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah(at)trade-india(dot)com> writes:
> How come pgsql7.3.4 Was allowing me to delete the master record while
> referencing records were present in slave table?
The only explanation I can think of is that the referencing row shown as
being in user_services was actually in a child table --- foreign keys
don't work in inheritance hierarchies at the moment.
If that's not it, can you provide a self-contained example?
regards, tom lane