"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> writes:
> [ circular trigger relationships ]
 
> I expect the DELETE from a to delete related b record(s) and then succeed. 
> Instead the UPDATE in b_del_trig causes delete of a to silently fail.

The update causes the already-selected target row version of the DELETE
to be obsoleted, so heap_delete finds it has nothing to do.  I'm
disinclined to mess with that logic.

			regards, tom lane

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