Re: Triggers on SELECT? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Triggers on SELECT?
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Msg-id 28975.1065583281@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Triggers on SELECT?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Triggers on SELECT?  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> Now that we have Statement-level triggers, is there any reason we shouldn't 
> have triggers on SELECT?

Plenty, although I'm too tired to recall 'em all.  The fundamental
problem with this is that it turns SELECT into an operation with
side-effects.
        regards, tom lane


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