Re: disable triggers using psql

Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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>> I thought we had tried this before, but with an embedded BEGIN.  I get
>> the same result, although I used the -1 switch instead of the BEGIN/COMMIT:
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>> psql:backup.txt:2077303: ERROR:  insert or update on table "customer"
>> violates foreign key constraint "$1"
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> Hmm..are we running a modern Postgres?

8.3.13

> Perhaps see if the following script works with a single error:
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> BEGIN;
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> CREATE TEMP TABLE abc (a INT PRIMARY KEY);
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> CREATE TEMP TABLE def (b INT NOT NULL REFERENCES abc(a));
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> SELECT 'Error:';
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> INSERT INTO def(b) VALUES (1);
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> SET session_replication_role = replica;
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> SELECT 'No error:';
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> INSERT INTO def(b) VALUES (2);
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> SELECT * FROM def;
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> ROLLBACK;

I get this:

BEGIN
psql:test.sql:3: NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create
implicit index "abc_pkey" for table "abc"
CREATE TABLE
CREATE TABLE
  ?column?
----------
  Error:
(1 row)

psql:test.sql:9: ERROR:  insert or update on table "def" violates
foreign key constraint "def_b_fkey"
DETAIL:  Key (b)=(1) is not present in table "abc".
psql:test.sql:11: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands
ignored until end of transaction block
psql:test.sql:13: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands
ignored until end of transaction block
psql:test.sql:15: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands
ignored until end of transaction block
psql:test.sql:17: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands
ignored until end of transaction block
ROLLBACK

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Until later, Geoffrey

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