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To: pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Can "on delete cascade" dependency be used in pgdump or similar ?
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:39:37 -0500
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On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM dfgpostgres <[email protected]> wrote:
> pg 15.15 on linux
>
[snip]
> Is there a better way to approach this problem of archiving one project
> (remembering that we do have the "on delete cascade" set up) ?
>
Yes. postgres_fdw is what you want. It will let you:
INSERT INTO archive.projects SELECT * FROM projects WHERE project='a';
INSERT INTO archive.child1 SELECT * FROM child1 WHERE project='a';
INSERT INTO archive.child2 SELECT * FROM child2 WHERE project='a';
INSERT INTO archive.grandchild1 SELECT * FROM archive.grandchild1 WHERE ...
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