Adrian Klaver <aklaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Thanks for the explanation. Just so I am clear,the act of updating the row in p_commandeligne_ad creates a new tuple for the row with id of 1. This means the original statement "delete from commande where id=1" runs against a version of the row that no longer exists and becomes a no-op statement. This happens because the trigger was run as BEFORE and changed the row from under the original statement. Right. 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