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To: Dmitriy Igrishin <dmitigr@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: DROP RULE ... CASCADE 
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Dmitriy Igrishin <dmitigr@gmail.com> writes:
> What objects may depend on the rule (and which of them will removed via
> cascade rule deletion)?

At present I don't think that a rule can have any dependent objects.
The CASCADE option is there for symmetry and future-proofing.
(The same goes for some other types of objects, too.)

			regards, tom lane