Sådan viser du tabeller, der er berørt af kaskadesletning

Brug pg_depend . Eksempel:

create table master (id int primary key);
create table detail_1 (id int, master_id int references master(id) on delete restrict);
create table detail_2 (id int, master_id int references master(id) on delete cascade);

select pg_describe_object(classid, objid, objsubid)
from pg_depend 
where refobjid = 'master'::regclass and deptype = 'n';

                  pg_describe_object
------------------------------------------------------
 constraint detail_1_master_id_fkey on table detail_1
 constraint detail_2_master_id_fkey on table detail_2
(2 rows)

deptype = 'n' betyder:

AFHÆNGIGHED NORMAL - Et normalt forhold mellem separat oprettede objekter. Det afhængige objekt kan droppes uden at påvirke det refererede objekt. Det refererede objekt kan kun slettes ved at specificere CASCADE, i hvilket tilfælde det afhængige objekt også slettes.

Brug pg_get_constraintdef() for at få begrænsningsdefinitioner:

select 
    pg_describe_object(classid, objid, objsubid), 
    pg_get_constraintdef(objid)
from pg_depend 
where refobjid = 'master'::regclass and deptype = 'n';


                  pg_describe_object                  |                       pg_get_constraintdef
------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------
 constraint detail_1_master_id_fkey on table detail_1 | FOREIGN KEY (master_id) REFERENCES master(id) ON DELETE RESTRICT
 constraint detail_2_master_id_fkey on table detail_2 | FOREIGN KEY (master_id) REFERENCES master(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
(2 rows)

For at finde hele kæden af cascading afhængigheder bør vi bruge rekursion og kigge i kataloget pg_constraint for at få id af en afhængig tabel.

with recursive chain as (
    select classid, objid, objsubid, conrelid
    from pg_depend d
    join pg_constraint c on c.oid = objid
    where refobjid = 'the_table'::regclass and deptype = 'n'
union all
    select d.classid, d.objid, d.objsubid, c.conrelid
    from pg_depend d
    join pg_constraint c on c.oid = objid
    join chain on d.refobjid = chain.conrelid and d.deptype = 'n'
    )
select pg_describe_object(classid, objid, objsubid), pg_get_constraintdef(objid)
from chain;