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+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Npgsql;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using PostgreSQLCopyHelper.Test.Extensions;
+
+namespace PostgreSQLCopyHelper.Test.Issues
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    [Description("A Unit Test to see, if PostgreSQLCopyHelper works with Auto Incrementing Foreign Keys. https://github.com/PostgreSQLCopyHelper/PostgreSQLCopyHelper/issues/53")]
+    public class Issue53_AutoIncrementingForeignKeys : TransactionalTestBase
+    {
+        private class Parent
+        {
+            public int Id;
+            public string Name;
+        }
+
+        private class Child
+        {
+            public int Id;
+            public int ParentId;
+            public string Name;
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnSetupInTransaction()
+        {
+            CreateTables();
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Test_Issue53()
+        {
+            var subject2 = new PostgreSQLCopyHelper<Parent>("sample", "Issue53Parent")
+                .MapInteger("Id", x => x.Id)
+                .MapText("Name", x => x.Name);
+
+            var subject = new PostgreSQLCopyHelper<Child>("sample", "Issue53Child")
+                .MapInteger("Id", x => x.Id)
+                .MapInteger("ParentId", x => x.ParentId)
+                .MapText("Name", x => x.Name);
+
+            // Try to work with the Bulk Inserter:
+            var parentRecordsSaved = subject2.SaveAll(connection, CreateParentData());
+            var childRecordsSaved = subject.SaveAll(connection, CreateChildData());
+
+            var parentResults = connection.GetAll("sample", "Issue53Parent");
+            var childResults = connection.GetAll("sample", "Issue53Child");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, parentResults.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, parentRecordsSaved);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, childResults.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, childRecordsSaved);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Test_Issue53_Wrong_Order()
+        {
+            var subject = new PostgreSQLCopyHelper<Child>("sample", "Issue53Child")
+                .MapInteger("Id", x => x.Id)
+                .MapInteger("ParentId", x => x.ParentId)
+                .MapText("Name", x => x.Name);
+
+            const string errorText = "insert or update on table \"issue53child\" violates foreign key constraint \"issue53child_parentid_fkey\"";
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<PostgresException>(() => subject.SaveAll(connection, CreateChildData()));
+            Assert.That(ex.Message, Is.SupersetOf(errorText));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Test_Issue53_Auto_Increment()
+        {
+            var subject = new PostgreSQLCopyHelper<Parent>("sample", "Issue53Parent")
+                .MapText("Name", x => x.Name);
+
+            // Try to work with the Bulk Inserter:
+            var parentData = CreateParentData().ToArray();
+            var parentRecordsSaved = subject.SaveAll(connection, parentData);
+
+            var parentResults = connection.GetAll("sample", "Issue53Parent");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, parentResults.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, parentRecordsSaved);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(parentData[0].Id, (int) parentResults[0][0]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(parentData[0].Name, (string) parentResults[0][1]);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(parentData[1].Id, (int) parentResults[1][0]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(parentData[1].Name, (string) parentResults[1][1]);
+        }
+
+        private static IEnumerable<Parent> CreateParentData()
+        {
+            return new List<Parent>
+            {
+                new Parent
+                {
+                    Id = 1,
+                    Name = "Parent 1",
+                },
+                new Parent
+                {
+                    Id = 2,
+                    Name = "Parent 2",
+                },
+            };
+        }
+
+        private static IEnumerable<Child> CreateChildData()
+        {
+            return new List<Child>
+            {
+                new Child
+                {
+                    Id = 1,
+                    ParentId = 1,
+                    Name = "Child 1 of Parent 1",
+                },
+                new Child
+                {
+                    Id = 2,
+                    ParentId = 1,
+                    Name = "Child 2 of Parent 1",
+                },
+                new Child
+                {
+                    Id = 1,
+                    ParentId = 2,
+                    Name = "Child 1 of Parent 2",
+                },
+            };
+        }
+
+        private int CreateTables()
+        {
+            const string createSequenceStatement = "CREATE SEQUENCE Issue53Parent_Id_Seq;";
+            var createSequenceCommand = new NpgsqlCommand(createSequenceStatement, connection);
+            var didCreateSequence = createSequenceCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
+
+            const string createParentTableStatement = @"CREATE TABLE sample.Issue53Parent
+                                  (
+                                     Id          integer NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('Issue53Parent_Id_Seq'::regclass),
+                                     Name        text NOT NULL,
+                                     CONSTRAINT  PK_Issue53Parent PRIMARY KEY(id)
+                                   );";
+            var createParentTableCommand = new NpgsqlCommand(createParentTableStatement, connection);
+            var didCreateParentTable = createParentTableCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
+
+            const string createChildTableStatement = @"CREATE TABLE sample.Issue53Child
+                                (
+                                    Id          integer NOT NULL,
+                                    ParentId    integer NOT NULL,
+                                    Name        text NOT NULL,
+                                    FOREIGN KEY (ParentId)
+                                            REFERENCES sample.Issue53Parent (Id) MATCH SIMPLE
+                                            ON UPDATE NO ACTION
+                                            ON DELETE CASCADE
+                                 );";
+            var createChildTableCommand = new NpgsqlCommand(createChildTableStatement, connection);
+            var didCreateChildTable = createChildTableCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
+
+            return didCreateSequence + didCreateChildTable + didCreateParentTable;
+        }
+    }
+}