2007/9/19, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: (...)
> simulate a delete > => delete from parent where id in (select id from child); > DELETE 6 > > => select * from parent; > id | data1 > ----+--------- > 2 | parent2 > 3 | parent3 > 4 | parent4 > > => select * from child; > id | data1 > ----+------- > (0 rows) > Yes. You can however try SELECT FROM ... ONLY parent ... (that's what I used in example) and DELETE FROM ... ONLY parent ... -- Filip Rembiałkowski ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly