As requested here is a full script and the issue does not arise. My sincere apologies it appears the issue is most likely with my client programming code. My first ever post here. I shall definitely be providing a full working SQL script from the very start on any future post. Many thanks and apologies again.
CREATE TABLE public.itineraryx ( dk varchar(10) NULL, "locator" varchar(20) NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT itinerary_pkeyx PRIMARY KEY (locator) ); CREATE TABLE public.hotel_bookingx ( itinerary varchar(20) NULL, "hotelName" varchar(50) NULL, id bigserial NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT hotel_booking_pkeyx PRIMARY KEY (id) ); ALTER TABLE public.hotel_bookingx ADD CONSTRAINT hotel_booking_itinerary_foreignx FOREIGN KEY (itinerary) REFERENCES itineraryx(locator) ON DELETE CASCADE; INSERT INTO public.itineraryx (dk, "locator") VALUES('tba', 'TEST0001'); INSERT INTO public.hotel_bookingx (itinerary, "hotelName") VALUES('TEST0001', 'Crown'); BEGIN TRANSACTION; delete from itineraryx i where i."locator" = 'TEST0001'; INSERT INTO public.itineraryx (dk, "locator") VALUES('tba2', 'TEST0001'); INSERT INTO public.hotel_bookingx (itinerary, "hotelName") VALUES('TEST0001', 'Crown2'); COMMIT TRANSACTION; On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 20:01, Andrew Hardy <andrew.ha...@sabstt.com> wrote: > Really appreciate the input thank you. > > I shall try to provide a full script, I guess if the cascades are relevant > in going to have to also provide all of the indirect table creations and > all of the earlier inserts to those various tables. > > At the very least I'll try to provide a fuller error message and a minimum > structure that will cause it to occur. > > Andrew > > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2022, 19:26 David G. Johnston, <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 11:12 AM Andrew Hardy <andrew.ha...@sabstt.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Do I need some particular kind of settings on my transaction to be able >>> to delete and insert afresh in the same transaction? >>> >> >> No. I cannot reproduce your claim with a trivial example on stock 13.5. >> >> You will need to be less vague and at least provide an exact reproducer >> script. >> >> In case it is relevant - the first delete will lead to cascaded deletes >>> on children. >>> >> >> This may indeed be relevant. Again, you need to provide an exact >> reproducer, not expect others to reverse-engineer one for you. >> >> David J. >> >>