Re: Is there a way to know if trigger is invoked by the code from another trigger - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Erik Jones
Subject Re: Is there a way to know if trigger is invoked by the code from another trigger
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Msg-id 4834FE56-D719-43C4-AD6F-8FFE9BEE6151@engineyard.com
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In response to Is there a way to know if trigger is invoked by the code from another trigger  ("Naoko Reeves" <naoko@lawlogix.com>)
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On Oct 11, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Naoko Reeves wrote:

> Could you tell me if there is a way to know if trigger is invoked by
> the code from another trigger?
> For instance, table A Trigger deletes table B record. While in table
> B trigger, I want to know whether this was triggered from table A.

Nothing built in to show you that.  You could, however, have your
trigger on table A make an insert or update to a record in some table
that the trigger on table B could then look for.

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