A. R. Van Hook wrote:
I have two tables defined as:
checks
       (ckid                int NOT null PRIMARY KEY,
        payto               text,
        notes               text,
        ckdate              date,
        printed             int  default 0,
        tdate               timestamp not null)
checkitems
       (item                int not null,
        ckid                int NOT null references checks,
        itemtype            int not null,
        amt                 numeric(7,3),
        primary key         (item, ckid))

in previous versions (<8.1) the following rule declaration seemed to work fine

Others have addresses your query with the rule. Can I ask why you're not using a DELETE CASCADE on the fkey?
...
ckid    int NOT null references checks ON DELETE CASCADE,
...

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  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd

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