I need to log table "foo" real deletes. "foo" has foreign key relation established but no data exists. Postgres 8.1 calls "foo" delete trigger when record is deleted from master table "klient". Why ? How to modify the following code so that record is inserted into serveri table only when records are really deleted from foo table ? Is it possible to add some check into trigger code? CREATE TABLE serverti ( notice char(50)); CREATE FUNCTION setlastchange() RETURNS "trigger" AS $$ BEGIN INSERT INTO serverti values ('changed'); RETURN NULL; END$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; CREATE table klient ( kood integer primary key ); CREATE TABLE foo ( klient char(12) NOT NULL, toode char(20) NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT foo_pkey PRIMARY KEY (klient, toode), CONSTRAINT foo_klient_fkey FOREIGN KEY (klient) REFERENCES klient (kood) MATCH SIMPLE ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ) ; CREATE TRIGGER foo_trig BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON foo FOR EACH STATEMENT EXECUTE PROCEDURE setlastchange(); insert into klient values (1); -- Next line causes execution of foo_trig. Why ? delete from klient where kood=1; Andrus. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match