Hello, Sorry, I forgot the trigger: -- public stuff SET search_path = public, pg_catalog; CREATE TABLE customer( customer_id SERIAL, customer_notification INTEGER, CONSTRAINT customer_notification CHECK ((((notification = 0) OR (notification = 1)) OR (notification = 2))), ); CREATE TRIGGER del_customer AFTER DELETE ON customer FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE del_customer(); - Greg >Hello, > >I have a question about inherited tables w/r to triggers... Hopefully >this will make some sense... (I'll try to keep the schema example as >simple as possible): > > >Given the follow schema/tables: > >-- public stuff >SET search_path = public, pg_catalog; >CREATE TABLE customer( > customer_id SERIAL, > customer_notification INTEGER, > CONSTRAINT customer_notification CHECK ((((notification = 0) OR >(notification = 1)) OR (notification = 2))), > >); >CREATE TABLE shipto ( > trans_id INTEGER >); > > >CREATE FUNCTION del_customer() RETURNS "trigger" > AS ' >begin > delete from shipto where trans_id = old.id; > return NULL; >end; >' > LANGUAGE plpgsql; > > > >-- test schema >CREATE SCHEMA test; >SET search_path = test, pg_catalog; >CREATE TABLE customer () INHERITS (public.customer); >CREATE TABLE proposals ( > proposal_id PRIMARY KEY, > user_id INTEGER REFERENCES customer(name) >); >-- test2 schema >CREATE SCHEMA test2; >SET search_path = test2, pg_catalog; >CREATE TABLE customer () INHERITS (test.customer); >CREATE TABLE proposals () INHERITS (test.proposals); > > >Here are some questions: > >#1. With regards to inserts/update/deletes on test.customer and >test2.customer, will the trigger on public.customer fire? In this case >the shipto table does not exist in either schema test or test2, but I >need to make sure the trigger will fire when modifications are made to >the customer table in those schemas. > >#2. Will inserts on the inherited table increment the user_id in the >public.customer table? (I'm fairly sure that it will, just wnat to be >certain.) > >#3. With regards to the constraint, will it applied to the inherited >tables (I.E. only able to insert customer_notification when it contains a >value of 0, 1, or 2?) (I am fairly certain it will, but want to be sure!) > >#4. This is where I get really confused.. :-( With regards to the >REFERENCES customer(name), does this apply to test2.proposals with >regards to the test2.customer table? Would it be possible to insert a >proposal that contained a user_id contained in test.customer, but not >test2.customer?.... I just don't understand the documentation on this >issue of foreign keys and what is actually inherited... > >Is there someplace I can look for a more thorough explanation of how >postgres handles inheritance? > > >Thanks as always! > >- Greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)