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postgres cascade delete
-- select delete_cascade('public','my_table','1');
create or replace function delete_cascade(p_schema varchar, p_table varchar, p_key varchar, p_recursion varchar[] default null)
returns integer as $$
declare
rx record;
rd record;
v_sql varchar;
v_recursion_key varchar;
recnum integer;
v_primary_key varchar;
v_rows integer;
begin
recnum := 0;
select ccu.column_name into v_primary_key
from
information_schema.table_constraints tc
join information_schema.constraint_column_usage AS ccu ON ccu.constraint_name = tc.constraint_name and ccu.constraint_schema=tc.constraint_schema
and tc.constraint_type='PRIMARY KEY'
and tc.table_name=p_table
and tc.table_schema=p_schema;
for rx in (
select kcu.table_name as foreign_table_name,
kcu.column_name as foreign_column_name,
kcu.table_schema foreign_table_schema,
kcu2.column_name as foreign_table_primary_key
from information_schema.constraint_column_usage ccu
join information_schema.table_constraints tc on tc.constraint_name=ccu.constraint_name and tc.constraint_catalog=ccu.constraint_catalog and ccu.constraint_schema=ccu.constraint_schema
join information_schema.key_column_usage kcu on kcu.constraint_name=ccu.constraint_name and kcu.constraint_catalog=ccu.constraint_catalog and kcu.constraint_schema=ccu.constraint_schema
join information_schema.table_constraints tc2 on tc2.table_name=kcu.table_name and tc2.table_schema=kcu.table_schema
join information_schema.key_column_usage kcu2 on kcu2.constraint_name=tc2.constraint_name and kcu2.constraint_catalog=tc2.constraint_catalog and kcu2.constraint_schema=tc2.constraint_schema
where ccu.table_name=p_table and ccu.table_schema=p_schema
and TC.CONSTRAINT_TYPE='FOREIGN KEY'
and tc2.constraint_type='PRIMARY KEY'
)
loop
v_sql := 'select '||rx.foreign_table_primary_key||' as key from '||rx.foreign_table_schema||'.'||rx.foreign_table_name||'
where '||rx.foreign_column_name||'='||quote_literal(p_key)||' for update';
--raise notice '%',v_sql;
--found a foreign key, now find the primary keys for any data that exists in any of those tables.
for rd in execute v_sql
loop
v_recursion_key=rx.foreign_table_schema||'.'||rx.foreign_table_name||'.'||rx.foreign_column_name||'='||rd.key;
if (v_recursion_key = any (p_recursion)) then
--raise notice 'Avoiding infinite loop';
else
--raise notice 'Recursing to %,%',rx.foreign_table_name, rd.key;
recnum:= recnum +delete_cascade(rx.foreign_table_schema::varchar, rx.foreign_table_name::varchar, rd.key::varchar, p_recursion||v_recursion_key);
end if;
end loop;
end loop;
begin
--actually delete original record.
v_sql := 'delete from '||p_schema||'.'||p_table||' where '||v_primary_key||'='||quote_literal(p_key);
execute v_sql;
get diagnostics v_rows= row_count;
--raise notice 'Deleting %.% %=%',p_schema,p_table,v_primary_key,p_key;
recnum:= recnum +v_rows;
exception when others then recnum=0;
end;
return recnum;
end;
$$
language PLPGSQL;
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