I tried that, but I get a "...violates foreign-key constraint" error.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pgsql-general- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Momjian > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 6:23 PM > To: Rick Schumeyer > Cc: 'PgSql General' > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Is this correct behavior for ON DELETE rule? > > > Uh, because of your REFERENCES clause you have to delete from 'item' > first, then 'book': > > > -- delete to item and book instead of bookview > > create rule bookviewdel as on delete to bookview do instead ( > > delete from item where id=old.id; > > delete from book where id=old.id; > > ); > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings