Re: minimal update - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: minimal update
Date
Msg-id 200805080034.m480YKw11292@momjian.us
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In response to Re: minimal update  ("Gurjeet Singh" <singh.gurjeet@gmail.com>)
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Is there a version of this patch ready for application?

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Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us
> > > <mailto:bruce@momjian.us>> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >     I assume don't want a TODO for this?  (Suppress UPDATE no changed
> > >     columns)
> > >
> > >
> > > I am starting to implement this. Do we want to have this trigger
> > > function in the server, or in an external module?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I have the trigger part of this done, in fact. What remains to be done
> > is to add it to the catalog and document it. The intention is to make it
> > a builtin as it will be generally useful. If you want to work on the
> > remaining parts then I will happily ship you the C code for the trigger.
> >
> >
> In fact, I just finished writing the C code and including it in the catalog
> (Just tested that it's visible in the catalog). I will test it to see if it
> does actually do what we want it to.
> 
> I have incorporated all the suggestions above. Would love to see your code
> in the meantime.
> 
> Here's the C code:
> 
> Datum
> trig_ignore_duplicate_updates( PG_FUNCTION_ARGS )
> {
>     TriggerData *trigData;
>     HeapTuple oldTuple;
>     HeapTuple newTuple;
> 
>     if (!CALLED_AS_TRIGGER(fcinfo))
>         elog(ERROR, "trig_ignore_duplicate_updates: not called by trigger
> manager.");
> 
>     if( !TRIGGER_FIRED_BY_UPDATE(trigData->tg_event)
>         && !TRIGGER_FIRED_BEFORE(trigData->tg_event)
>         && !TRIGGER_FIRED_FOR_ROW(trigData->tg_event) )
>     {
>         elog(ERROR, "trig_ignore_duplicate_updates: Can only be executed for
> UPDATE, BEFORE and FOR EACH ROW.");
>     }
> 
>     trigData =  (TriggerData *) fcinfo->context;
>     oldTuple = trigData->tg_trigtuple;
>     newTuple = trigData->tg_newtuple;
> 
>     if (newTuple->t_len == oldTuple->t_len
>         && newTuple->t_data->t_hoff == oldTuple->t_data->t_hoff
>         && HeapTupleHeaderGetNatts(newTuple->t_data) ==
> HeapTupleHeaderGetNatts(oldTuple->t_data)
>         && (newTuple->t_data->t_infomask & ~HEAP_XACT_MASK)
>             == (oldTuple->t_data->t_infomask & ~HEAP_XACT_MASK)
>         && memcmp( (char*)(newTuple->t_data) + offsetof(HeapTupleHeaderData,
> t_bits),
>                 (char*)(oldTuple->t_data) + offsetof(HeapTupleHeaderData,
> t_bits),
>                     newTuple->t_len - offsetof(HeapTupleHeaderData, t_bits)
> ) == 0 )
>     {
>         /* return without crating a new tuple */
>         return PointerGetDatum( NULL );
>     }
> 
>     return PointerGetDatum( trigData->tg_newtuple );
> }
> 
> 
> 
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