Re: [PATCH] session_replication_role = replica with TRUNCATE

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Marco Nenciarini <marco(dot)nenciarini(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] session_replication_role = replica with TRUNCATE
Date: 2018-01-23 02:37:43
Message-ID: f230bcb5-e0a9-3f0c-7b13-2fb1ccc94cef@2ndquadrant.com
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On 1/18/18 12:41, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> So I'm proposing the attached alternative patch, which creates
>> constraint triggers to be TRIGGER_FIRES_ALWAYS by default.
>> Thoughts?
>
> Hm, the general idea seems attractive, but I'm not sure we want
> this behavioral change for user-created triggers. Can we make it
> happen like that only for RI triggers specifically? If not, there's
> at least some missing doco changes here.

I never quite understood the difference between a normal trigger and a
constraint trigger. But perhaps this should be it. If the purpose of a
constraint trigger is to enforce a constraint, then this should be the
default behavior, I think. You could always manually ALTER TABLE things.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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