Re: Is it possible to use an EVENT TRIGGER to validate a TRIGGER? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Is it possible to use an EVENT TRIGGER to validate a TRIGGER?
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Msg-id 20160706030207.GA608057@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Is it possible to use an EVENT TRIGGER to validate a TRIGGER?  (Luís Eduardo Oliveira Lizardo <lizardo.luis@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Is it possible to use an EVENT TRIGGER to validate a TRIGGER?  (Luís Eduardo Oliveira Lizardo <lizardo.luis@gmail.com>)
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Luís Eduardo Oliveira Lizardo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to use an EVENT TRIGGER to validate a TRIGGER definition?
>
> What I want is to guarantee that the trigger is fired AFTER a STATEMENT, on
> INSERT or UPDATE but not on DELETE, like the following example:

What you can do with a C language function in 9.5 is to examine the
CreateTrigger struct and verify that it matches the conditions you want.
So, yes, it's possible, but not in plpgsql.

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