2008/9/12 Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Rafael Domiciano > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > In my DB I have a couple of FK, so the change of referenced columns is a > > quite complicated. > > Today, I DISABLE TRIGGER ALL on the tables envolved and then ENABLE > TRIGGER > > ALL to back them. > > Is there a better way to do that? > > Depends. Are other people connected to the server when you do it? > disable trigger disables the triggers for everybody, not just you if I > remember correctly. If other folks are using the db, then they can > insert bad data during that period.
I do it in a transaction, so there's no problem about the other folks...! > > I read something about SET CONSTRAINTS ALL DEFFERED, but I don't know how > to > > use it. > > the constraints have to created as deferrable to do that. then, in a > transaction, you can do something like: > Can I turn my FK into deferrable FK only in that transaction? > > begin; > update in a way that would normally violate an FK > insert in a way that fixes the previous statement's FK relationship > commit; > > and it will work as long as the constraints all make sense by the time > you get to commit. That's what I wanna to do! > > > Note that unique constraints are not deferrable in pgsql. >