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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Albrecht Berger <berger1517@gmx.ch>
To: pgsql <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: something similar to "on delete cascade" ?
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:33:31 -0700
Message-ID: <200206281433.31804.josh@agliodbs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <012201c21edd$2a992340$a07ba8c0@wxp>
References: <012201c21edd$2a992340$a07ba8c0@wxp>


Berger,

> My problem is that i don't want to delete datarows, but to set a "deleted"
> flag.
> In every by a foreign key "linked" row should this deleted flag set
> automatically.

You need to create a custom TRIGGER or RULE.  The online docs have extensive 
instructions and examples of triggers and rules.

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-Josh Berkus

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