Re: Add comments about fire_triggers argument in ri_triggers.c - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Yugo Nagata
Subject Re: Add comments about fire_triggers argument in ri_triggers.c
Date
Msg-id 20260327120057.04d16c1240fe402a3a093ada@sraoss.co.jp
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In response to Re: Add comments about fire_triggers argument in ri_triggers.c  (Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Add comments about fire_triggers argument in ri_triggers.c
List pgsql-hackers
On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:39:17 +0900
Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM Yugo Nagata <nagata@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thank you all for the review and comments.
> >
> > > Yes Amit, I agree that SPI_execute_snapshot() comments do provide some
> > > context on AFTER triggers, but I still feel the newly added comment
> > > in ri_PerformCheck() gives additional context on why the fire_triggers is
> > > set to false.
> >
> > Yes, that is what I intended. The existing comments on
> > SPI_execute_snapshot() explain how the fire_triggers parameter works,
> > but I would like to add a comment explaining why the AFTER trigger for
> > RI needs to set it to false.
> >
> > If the explanation of the effect of fire_triggers seems redundant, I am
> > fine with the following shorter version:
> >
> > +        * Set fire_triggers to false to ensure that check triggers fire after all
> > +        * RI updates on the same row are complete.
> 
> Thanks for the updated patch.  Yes, adding the comment might be good,
> but I'd suggest a small tweak:
> 
> +        * Set fire_triggers to false to ensure that AFTER triggers
> are queued in
> +        * the outer query's after-trigger context and fire after all
> RI updates on
> +        * the same row are complete, rather than immediately.
> 
> Two changes:
> 
> * "check triggers" -> "AFTER triggers", since fire_triggers=false
> affects any AFTER triggers queued during the SPI execution, not just
> RI check triggers.
> 
> * mention of the outer query's after-trigger context to explain the
> mechanism by which the deferral works.
> 
> Does that additional context help?

Thank you for the suggestion.
That looks good to me. It is clearer than the previous version.

Regards,
Yugo Nagata

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Yugo Nagata <nagata@sraoss.co.jp>



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