From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
To: Marcus Gartner <marcus@cockroachlabs.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #17261: FK ON UPDATE CASCADE can break referential integrity with columns of different types
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:14:32 -0300
Message-ID: <202111012314.qcqulwshoxfx@alvherre.pgsql> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ2Nfu_xVpV5gZYu04scKbizOgSNVF7AEEtwo7u1S64KiZY8hg@mail.gmail.com>
On 2021-Nov-01, Marcus Gartner wrote:
> I agree with you there. So why is an FK relationship between columns of
> different types even allowed?
It is useful in other cases, such as varchar or int4/int8.
Please don't top-post.
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