Chris Ryan wrote:
>
> Craig May wrote:
> >
> > Could someone send me a quick example of a trigger.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Chris Ryan
>
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-- FILE: trigger_example.sql
--
-- DESCRIPTION:
-- This file shows the basics of creating a table with a trigger
--
-- Chris Ryan <chris@greatbridge.com> 09/06/2000
--
-- GENERAL DISCLAIMER:
-- Please feel free to use this in any way you see fit to copy, modify,
-- redistribute, etc.. I provide not warranty of the code nor may I be held
-- responsible for it's use/misuse should something bad happen including
-- intentional or acts of god.
--
--
-- FUNCTION: trigger_last_updated
--
-- DESCRIPTION:
-- This is a function called by the table triggers to update the last_updated
-- field on insert and updates.
--
create function trigger_last_updated()
returns opaque
as 'begin
new.last_updated := now();
return new;
end;'
language 'plpgsql';
--
-- TABLE: test_tbl
--
-- DESCRIPTION:
-- A simple table to test my trigger
--
create table test_tbl (
some_field varchar(10),
last_updated timestamp not null default now()
);
--
-- TRIGGER: trigger_insert_update_test_tbl
--
-- DESCRIPTION:
-- This is the trigger called on insert and updates of all the table that
-- has the last_updated field. It will use the function trigger_last_updated
-- The cool thing here is the function doesn't make specific reference to the
-- table so you could create a different trigger for each table with the field
-- last_updated and use the same function.
--
create trigger trigger_insert_update_test_tbl
before insert or update on test_tbl
for each row execute procedure trigger_last_updated();
