On Thu, 7 Nov 2003, Grant McLean wrote: > So it would seem that if I include the clauses: > > on delete restrict on update restrict > > Then the 'deferrable' which follows is only applied to creates and > not to updates or deletes. > > Since 'restrict' is the default, the clauses aren't adding any value > and can be omitted. In my case, the SQL is generated for me by > PowerDesigner. My workaround is to tweak the PowerDesigner output > definition to not include this line. > > I have seen this behaviour in both 7.2 and 7.3. Is it a bug? Or > am I misunderstanding something?
Restrict is not the default, there is a difference between restrict and no action. In fact I believe the main point of restrict (which IIRC was added for sql99) is to allow you to have a deferred constraint that can do immediate checking of validity on pk changes. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])