Re: undeleteable records - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ed Loehr
Subject Re: undeleteable records
Date
Msg-id 3B561538.D82D9027@austin.rr.com
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In response to undeleteable records  (Tara Cooper <carat@pantz.com>)
List pgsql-general
Tara Cooper wrote:
>
> Has anyone encountered a problem where a delete sql statement works (no
> parser errors) but always returns a "DELETE 0" value, even when I'm
> sure the record I'm selecting for delete is in the table?  I have also
> tried deleting the same record by specifying a different field value,
> with the same results, as well as trying all of this with multiple
> records in the same table.  None of the records will delete. I've
> copied the table, the select statement showing the record I want to
> delete in that table, and the delete statement itself.  I'm currently
> using postgres-sql 7.1 rc2. (I know, I know...but it's a development
> server.) Thanks!
>
> -T
>
> DELETE FROM ec_gift_certificates WHERE gift_certificate_id = 9;
> DELETE 0
>
> SELECT gift_certificate_id FROM ec_gift_certificates WHERE
> gift_certificate_id = 9;
>
>  gift_certificate_id
> ---------------------
>                    9
> (1 row)

Looks strange.  Any delete triggers setup on ec_gift_certificates?  What
does your server log show?

Regards,
Ed Loehr

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