| From: | Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Greg Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Cc: | David <wizzardx(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: When to use cascading deletes? |
| Date: | 2009-06-11 14:59:26 |
| Message-ID: | 396486430906110759k5da87756ma20bf33def668bec@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Greg Stark<stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> I generally leave cascade off except for many-to-many mapping tables
> which contain no additional data and are a pain to manage. Which does
> sound similar to Alban's rule of thumb.
Cascading deletes also make sense for vertically partitioned tables
with a 1 to 1 relationship.
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