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V101: Insert or update / update or delete on table violates foreign key constraint

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Category: Constraint Violations
SQLSTATE: 23503 (Class 23 — Integrity Constraint Violation: foreign_key_violation)
Urgency: low

Example Postgres Log Output:

ERROR: insert or update on table "weather" violates foreign key constraint "weather_city_fkey"
DETAIL: Key (city)=(Berkeley) is not present in table "cities".
STATEMENT: INSERT INTO weather VALUES ('Berkeley', 45, 53, 0.0, '1994-11-28');
ERROR: update or delete on table "test" violates foreign key constraint "test_fkey" on table "othertest"
DETAIL: Key (id)=(123) is still referenced from table "othertest".
STATEMENT: DELETE FROM test WHERE id = 123

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