"Reuven M. Lerner" <reuven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, everyone. Tom wrote: >> Exactly what it says: not-yet-processed trigger events for the table. >> If you don't have any explicit triggers on the table, maybe they are >> FOREIGN KEY implementation triggers. It's hard to say more than that >> when you haven't shown us any of the DDL. > Sorry; I'm enclosing the table definition below. Um ... I don't see anything about RecipeNumericParameterSnapshot here. > We're not modifying any columns that have constraints or foreign keys. Are they *referenced* by other tables' foreign keys? But in any case, the issue isn't about ALTER TABLE in itself, it's that some preceding uncommitted operation had left some trigger events (read: FK conditions that need to be verified). Doesn't matter which columns those might be on. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general