Re: [PATCH] refint: Avoid reusing cascade UPDATE plans.

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
Cc: Ayush Tiwari <ayushtiwari(dot)slg01(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] refint: Avoid reusing cascade UPDATE plans.
Date: 2026-05-15 14:46:34
Message-ID: agcxyg89JAiESawi@nathan
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On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 04:42:45PM +0200, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2026-May-15, Nathan Bossart wrote:
>> Yeah, this may be the best option. I'm curious what others think.
>
> I think this bug makes it clear that this code has few enough users, and
> a sufficient number of bugs, that we should just nuke it. Do you really
> want to spend so much time trying to fix it? The module's documentation
> says
>
> (This functionality is long since superseded by the built-in foreign
> key mechanism, of course, but the module is still useful as an example.)
>
> but I question whether the usefulness value is really there.
>
> Would anyone oppose that?

Big +1 for removing it in v20. Or maybe even v19. I do think it is worth
trying to fix the more egregious bugs, though, as the code will still be
supported for a few years.

--
nathan

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