Triggers inherited? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bertram Scharpf
Subject Triggers inherited?
Date
Msg-id 20070222190418.GE6998@bart.bertram-scharpf.homelinux.com
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Responses Re: Triggers inherited?  (Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>)
Re: Triggers inherited?  (Marc Evans <Marc@SoftwareHackery.Com>)
List pgsql-general
Hi,

it is very inconvenient for me that triggers aren't inherited:

  create table watch (
      mod timestamp with time zone default '-infinity' not null
  );

  create function update_mod() returns trigger ...

  create trigger update_mod before insert or update on watch
      for each row execute procedure update_mod();

  create table some  ( ... ) inherits (watch);
  create table other ( ... ) inherits (watch);


Is this behaviour to be implemented at any point of time in
the future? Could it be advisible to write the patch? Or is
it just too easy to emulate it?

Reimplemeting a trigger for each descending table definitely
dosn't satisfy me.

Thanks in advance,

Bertram


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Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
http://www.bertram-scharpf.de

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