At 14:29 -0600 3/16/03, Paul DuBois wrote:
>At 19:21 +0100 3/16/03, Tor R. Skoglund (NextG) wrote:
>>Hi List, regarding the foreign key definitions:
>>
>>[CONSTRAINT symbol] FOREIGN KEY (index_col_name, ...)
>> REFERENCES table_name (index_col_name, ...)
>> [ON DELETE {CASCADE | SET NULL | NO ACTION
>> | RESTRICT}]
>> [ON UPDATE {CASCADE | SET NULL | NO ACTION
>> | RESTRICT}]
>>
>>Is there a default action for ON DELETE and ON UPDATE if no action
>>is specified in the database definition?
>
>The NO ACTION action seems to cover this. :-)
>
>>
>>I presume RESTRICT makes it impossible to delete a record from
>>the parent table if there are any references from a child record to
>>the parent for that key?
>
>It's unimplemented.
Heikki's clarified that RESTRICT is the default, which means it
must be implemented.
Obviously I don't know anything. Don't listen to me.
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