Re: triggers problems whit function - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Guillaume Lelarge
Subject Re: triggers problems whit function
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Msg-id 48FFA180.3080408@lelarge.info
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In response to Re: triggers problems whit function  ("Fernando Moreno" <azazel.7@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: triggers problems whit function  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Fernando Moreno a écrit :
> 2008/10/22 Ma. Cristina Peña C. <mpena@sensacd.com.mx
> <mailto:mpena@sensacd.com.mx>>
>
>     I want to use a function in to a trigger
>
>     This is my
>
>     CREATE FUNCTION "subradio"(integer) RETURNS integer AS 'select
>     cast(count (claveubica) as integer ) from asradios where ubicacion
>     =0;' LANGUAGE 'sql';
>
>     And my ttrigger is
>
>     CREATE TRIGGER validaradios AFTER DELETE ON subestacion FOR EACH ROW
>     EXECUTE PROCEDURE subradio(0);
>
>     But I got an error
>
>     ERROR:  CreateTrigger: function subradio() does not exist
>
>     What can I do??
>
> A trigger function must have a specific structure, it takes no arguments

It can take arguments.

> and returns "trigger".

And this is why, I think, the message tells "function subradio does not
exist". Because there's no subradio function that returns trigger.

> Besides, trigger functions are supposed to do
> some processing before or after insert, update or delete operations, so
> there's no sense in returning a row count.
>
> Take a look at the docs, specially chapter 35 and 38.9.
>

Regards.


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