Re: plperl - put schema-name in $_TD - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: plperl - put schema-name in $_TD
Date
Msg-id 447469C1.8020804@dunslane.net
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In response to plperl - put schema-name in $_TD  (Adam Sjøgren <adsj@novozymes.com>)
Responses Re: plperl - put schema-name in $_TD
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Adam Sjøgren wrote:
>   Hi.
>
>
> Enclosed is a tiny patch for plperl that puts the schema-name of the
> current table in $_TD, so triggers can access tables using
> schemaname.tablename, for instance like so:
>
>  my $query='INSERT INTO ' . $_TD->{nspname} . '.' . $_TD->{relname} . '_archive (' . $fieldnames . ') VALUES(' .
$values. ');'; 
>
> (This way my triggers can work without setting search_path).
>
> The patch was made against PostgreSQL 8.1.3 in Ubuntu dapper.
>
>
> This is my first patch for PostgreSQL, so any advice, comments,
> pointers, etc. are very welcome.
>

Patches should be made against the HEAD branch in CVS, not against a
distro source.

This seems like a good idea, but we should probably make analogous
changes for plpgsql, pltcl and plpython. Having different trigger data
available in some of these doesn't seem like a good idea.

cheers

andrew



>
>   Best regards,
>
>     Adam
>
>
> *** src/pl/plperl/plperl.c.orig    2006-05-23 16:57:25.000000000 +0200
> --- src/pl/plperl/plperl.c    2006-05-23 16:57:45.000000000 +0200
> ***************
> *** 550,555 ****
> --- 550,558 ----
>       hv_store(hv, "relname", 7,
>                newSVpv(SPI_getrelname(tdata->tg_relation), 0), 0);
>
> +         hv_store(hv, "nspname", 7,
> +                          newSVpv(SPI_getnspname(tdata->tg_relation), 0), 0);
> +
>       if (TRIGGER_FIRED_BEFORE(tdata->tg_event))
>           when = "BEFORE";
>       else if (TRIGGER_FIRED_AFTER(tdata->tg_event))
> *** doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml.orig    2006-05-24 10:06:02.000000000 +0200
> --- doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml    2006-05-24 10:05:49.000000000 +0200
> ***************
> *** 675,680 ****
> --- 675,689 ----
>       </varlistentry>
>
>       <varlistentry>
> +      <term><literal>$_TD->{nspname}</literal></term>
> +      <listitem>
> +       <para>
> +        Name of the schema in which the table on which the trigger fired, is
> +       </para>
> +      </listitem>
> +     </varlistentry>
> +
> +     <varlistentry>
>        <term><literal>$_TD->{argc}</literal></term>
>        <listitem>
>         <para>
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
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>
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