Re: question on audit columns - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Johannes Lochmann
Subject Re: question on audit columns
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Msg-id 242ee502-4b8e-49b5-b2f9-ffba6c678ca2@gmail.com
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In response to Re: question on audit columns  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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... and (3) the values are not updated on manual actions without 
triggers - which might or might not be desirable depending on the intention.

Best,

Johannes

On 9/4/2024 16:36, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 9/4/24 06:17, Khan Muhammad Usman wrote:
>> Yes this would be the better approach.
>
> 1) Except the overhead is now shifted to the application, which may or 
> not be better. You are also moving the audit responsibility to the 
> application and the application maintainers and making it application 
> specific. If a new application/client starts hitting the database and 
> it did not get the memo about the audit fields they won't be filled in.
>
> 2) I would recommend setting up a some realistic tests and see if the 
> overhead of the update triggers would be a concern.
>
>
>



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