Re: Partitioning/inherited tables vs FKs

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:16 AM, Dmitry Fefelov <fozzy@ac-sw.com> wrote:
>> The referential integrity triggers contain some extra magic that isn't
>> easily simulatable in userland, and that is necessary to make the
>> foreign key constraints airtight.  We've discussed this previously but
>> I don't remember which thread it was or the details of when things
>> blow up.  I think it's something like this: the parent has a tuple
>> that is not referenced by any child.  Transaction 1 begins, deletes
>> the parent tuple (checking that it has no children), and pauses.
>> Transaction 2 begins, adds a child tuple that references the parent
>> tuple (checking that the parent exists, which it does), and commits.
>> Transaction 1 commits.
>
> Will SELECT ... FOR SHARE not help?

Try it, with the example above.  I think you'll find that it doesn't.

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