Re: Trigger function that works with both updates and deletes? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Fuhr
Subject Re: Trigger function that works with both updates and deletes?
Date
Msg-id 20070619013659.GA16834@winnie.fuhr.org
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In response to Trigger function that works with both updates and deletes?  (novnov <novnovice@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Trigger function that works with both updates and deletes?
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:07:37PM -0700, novnov wrote:
> First, when a record is being deleted, OLD refers to the rec just deleted
> (or about to be deleted)?

Correct.

> Second, while I could write two trigger functions, one dealing with
> add/update, the other with deletes, it's probably neater to have a single
> trigger function and have it discriminate "am I being called for a delete,
> or an add/update?" I don't know how to determine the type record change.

In PL/pgSQL you can use TG_OP.  See "Trigger Procedures" in the
documentation:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/plpgsql-trigger.html

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Michael Fuhr

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