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| The returning clause refers to the state of the database after the delete is completed. Any deleted tuples are no longer visibles to scans, that may occur in the returning clause. |
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The first sentence is a bit misleading because the deleted tuples are returned, how about just
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| The returning clause refers to the state of the database after the delete is completed. Any deleted tuples are no longer visibles to scans, that may occur in the returning clause. | |
| Scans in the returning clause read the database after the delete is completed. |
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That phrasing is significantly better!
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As requested, I updated the docu to reflect the behaviour of the returning-statement in delete. We may want to adapt the example to something more meaningful once cascading deletes are no longer hidden behind a feature flag.