44.5. Trigger Functions #
When a function is used as a trigger, the dictionary TD contains trigger-related values:
TD["event"]contains the event as a string:
INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE, orTRUNCATE.TD["when"]contains one of
BEFORE,AFTER, orINSTEAD OF.TD["level"]contains
ROWorSTATEMENT.TD["new"]TD["old"]For a row-level trigger, one or both of these fields contain the respective trigger rows, depending on the trigger event.
TD["name"]contains the trigger name.
TD["table_name"]contains the name of the table on which the trigger occurred.
TD["table_schema"]contains the schema of the table on which the trigger occurred.
TD["relid"]contains the OID of the table on which the trigger occurred.
TD["args"]If the
CREATE TRIGGERcommand included arguments, they are available inTD["args"][0]toTD["args"][.n-1]
If TD["when"] is BEFORE or INSTEAD OF and TD["level"] is ROW, you can return None or "OK" from the Python function to indicate the row is unmodified, "SKIP" to abort the event, or if TD["event"] is INSERT or UPDATE you can return "MODIFY" to indicate you've modified the new row. Otherwise the return value is ignored.