Re: Disabling triggers / constraints

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: kell_pt(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Disabling triggers / constraints
Date: 2004-05-20 18:43:01
Message-ID: 3705.1085078581@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jorge Pereira <jrp(at)ideiaprima(dot)com> writes:
> ... decided to add a couple little variables to control
> disabling constraints and triggers.

I'm not of the opinion that we actually want any such thing, as it's a
blatant violation of the fundamental concept of data integrity. But in
any case not with such poor control over which triggers get suppressed.
A per-table setting with appropriate permissions checks might possibly
be acceptable.

regards, tom lane

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