Re: delete on cascade

> Hi all,
> I guess this is an already asked question, but I didn't found an answer, so 
> apologize me. Imagine I've got two tables:
> skill(id,description)        // primary key => id
> family(id,description)    // primary key => id
> and I want to associate skills to families:
> ass_sf(id_skill,id_family)    // appropriate foreign keys
> 
> Tables are already created and the database is running. Now I'd like to 
> implement a delete cascade, thus when I delete a skill also its association 
> with the family must be deleted. I gues I should have declared the skill 
> table as follows:
> CREATE TABLE skill
> (
>     id varchar(20) on delete cascade,
>     description varchar(50),
>     primary key(id)
> );
> 
> right? The problem is: how can I alter the table to add the column constraint 
> now, without redeclaring the table?
> Thanks very much for helping me.

This link has one line that is very similar to what you want to do.  You will probably have to
start a transaction, drop the foriegn key contraint and then add a new foriegn key contraint with
the on drop cascade .

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-10/msg00467.php

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.