Re: deleting the master but not the detail

From: "Ismael (dot)(dot)(dot)(dot)" <ismaelpsp(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>, <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: deleting the master but not the detail
Date: 2008-07-17 18:22:13
Message-ID: BLU103-W33F7BA55F79BB571BC113AA38E0@phx.gbl
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It seems like 3 vs 1 so you win :)
I'll drop the constraint and verify the integrity of the new records manually

tanks

>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Douglas McNaught wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Ismael .... wrote:
>>>
>>> hi
>>> I have one of those master-detail relationships here and I need to be able
>>> to delete the master but leave the details untouched
>>
>> Then remove the referential integrity constraint, since it's obviously
>> incompatible with your business requirements.
>
> Generally I'd agree, but it might be useful to set the child record
> referencing id field to NULL in this circumstance.

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