Re: ERROR: deferredTriggerGetPreviousEvent: event for tuple (0,9) not found - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ERROR: deferredTriggerGetPreviousEvent: event for tuple (0,9) not found
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Msg-id 18395.994864895@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to ERROR: deferredTriggerGetPreviousEvent: event for tuple (0,9) not found  (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org)
Responses Re: ERROR: deferredTriggerGetPreviousEvent: event for tuple (0,9) not found  (Kristis Makris <kristis.makris@datasoft.com>)
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pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:
> ERROR:  deferredTriggerGetPreviousEvent: event for tuple (0,9) not found

Hmm, are you trying to create triggers on pg_shadow?  It's hard to see
how that message could come from an "UPDATE pg_shadow" otherwise.

Triggers on system catalogs don't work very well, because they won't
be invoked as a side effect of system-initiated operations.  In this
situation, it appears that the trigger code sees that the pg_shadow row
was inserted in the current transaction, so it tries to look up the row
in the list of pending trigger events --- and doesn't find an entry,
because CREATE USER didn't invoke the trigger code.

In a perfect world we'd support user-defined triggers on the system
catalogs, but given the potential circularity problems, I doubt it's
going to happen real soon.  I'd suggest finding another approach.

            regards, tom lane

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