On 10/13/2011 5:45 PM, David Johnston wrote: > the company record should not be visible > if you execute a SELECT against the companies table using the given > company_id value. The previous is not tested and I am not totally sure > about the visibility rules in this situation (mainly whether the cascade > delete occurs before or after the statement delete) Yes, you understood exactly what I am trying to do, and it appears the cascade delete occurs after, I didn't even think of that. If I PERFORM a query on the companies table to test if the record exists in the DELETE AFTER trigger of the contacts table and base my restriction on IF FOUND, the record is allowed to be deleted. Thanks! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general