> > As far as this question, seems with no RESTRICT/CASCADE, it fails, with > > RESTRICT it drops the trigger, and with CASCADE it drops the referencing > > table. Is that accurate? > > Not at all. CASCADE would drop the foreign key constraint (including > the triggers that implement it), but not the other table. In my mind > the issue is whether RESTRICT mode should do the same, or report an > error. > > I'm not eager to accept the idea that DROP-without-either-option should > behave in some intermediate fashion. I want it to be the same as > RESTRICT.
I think that an unqualified drop should restrict and fail to drop if there's a foreign key. Any app that lets people do a drop is probably already checking for error conditions. Hence, it's just another error condition. Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])