Xi Shen <davidshe...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> > To handle that you can set the constzraint deferrable, initially
> > deferred:
> >
> > test=# CREATE TABLE refers ( id SERIAL  PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255) NOT 
> > NULL, parent_id INTEGER NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY (parent_id) REFERENCES 
> > refers(id) deferrable initially deferred);
> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "refers_id_seq" for 
> > serial column "refers.id"
> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 
> > "refers_pkey" for table "refers"
> > CREATE TABLE
> > Zeit: 25,599 ms
> > test=*# insert into refers (name, parent_id) values ('xxx',0);
> > INSERT 0 1
> > Zeit: 0,662 ms
> 
> to Andreas,
> 
> this 'deferrable' thing is really cool. but i have a question. at this
> point, where i insert this text, if i select the refers table, what
> would the parent_id looks like?

0, as i inserted:

test=*# insert into refers (name, parent_id) values ('xxx',0);
INSERT 0 1
Zeit: 0,636 ms
test=*# select * from refers;
 id | name | parent_id
----+------+-----------
  1 | xxx  |         0
(1 Zeile)




Andreas
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