Re: Access to an element of array NEW in TCL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ian Harding
Subject Re: Access to an element of array NEW in TCL
Date
Msg-id 3F55C426.3070007@tpchd.org
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In response to Access to an element of array NEW in TCL  (Josué Maldonado <josue@lamundial.hn>)
List pgsql-general
As long as it is an insert or update trigger that fires your tcl
function, you have access to the NEW array.  The foreach loop uses the
tcl command [array names NEW] to suck out the names of the existing
members of the array.  If a column called duser exists in the NEW array
(it is part of the inserted tuple, or not updated to null) you should be
able to access it as

$NEW(duser)

What error are you getting?  If the duser column is null, there is no
array member called NEW(duser) and you will get an error to that effect.

Josué Maldonado wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> Is there a way to access an especific element of the array NEW in an
> TCL trigger, I have a loop that goes for each field (thanks Ian &
> Darren) like this:
>
>  foreach id [array names NEW] {
>
> then I can refer to an element with this (inside the loop):
>   $NEW($id)
>
> I do need to make a reference to an especific column name (duser) in
> that array to get its value, I already tried $NEW(duser),
> $NEW(\'duser\') but didn't work. I'll appreciate any help from you
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Josue Maldonado
>
>
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