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From novnov
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In response to Re: Trigger function which inserts into table; values from lookup  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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It's an after trigger.

Any clue re my question?


Alvaro Herrera-7 wrote:
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> novnov escribió:
>>
>> Inching closer; the following handles the dupe key error but doesn't
>> insert
>> the rows it should either. So, the exception is ending the insert, and
>> not
>> continuing to insert for rows that don't violate the unique key
>> restraint.
>> Is there a way around this or will I need to take a different approach?
>
> You have to make the function return NEW, not NULL, if this is a BEFORE
> trigger.
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