Re: another trigger problem - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: another trigger problem
Date
Msg-id 531A50DC.6090102@aklaver.com
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In response to another trigger problem  (Susan Cassidy <susan.cassidy@decisionsciencescorp.com>)
Responses Re: another trigger problem  (Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 03/07/2014 02:48 PM, Susan Cassidy wrote:
> I have another problem with a slightly different trigger.  It's very
> weird, because it is exactly the same as the first trigger, that now
> works, except for the table name.
>
> The error is:
>
> ERROR:  query string argument of EXECUTE is null
> CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function metric_int_insert_func() line 5 at EXECUTE
> statement
>
>
> The trigger is:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION metric_int_insert_func()
> RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
>    DECLARE insert_sql text;
> BEGIN
>      insert_sql:='insert into metric_int_values_' ||
> to_char(NEW.datetimeval,'YYYYMM') || ' values ($1.*)';
>      EXECUTE insert_sql using NEW;
>      RETURN NULL;
> END;
> $$
> LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS insert_metric_int_insert_trigger on
> metric_int_values;
> CREATE TRIGGER insert_metric_int_insert_trigger
>          BEFORE INSERT ON metric_int_values
>          FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE metric_int_insert_func();
>
>
> which is exactly the same as this one that works:
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION metric_double_insert_func()
> RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
>    DECLARE insert_sql text;
> BEGIN
>      insert_sql:='insert into metric_double_values_' ||
> to_char(NEW.datetimeval,'YYYYMM') || ' values ($1.*)';
>      EXECUTE insert_sql using NEW;
>      RETURN NULL;
> END;
> $$
> LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS insert_metric_double_insert_trigger on
> metric_double_values;
> CREATE TRIGGER insert_metric_double_insert_trigger
>          BEFORE INSERT ON metric_double_values
>          FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE metric_double_insert_func();
>
>
> I can't seem to figure it out.  I've retyped some of the lines, in case
> there is a weird character somewhere, but they got there with a vi yank
> and put, so that's not likely.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

Try dropping the function and then creating it, instead of just the
create and replace. I have seen issues in the past with a stale copy of
a function causing a problem.

>
> Thanks,
> Susan
>
>


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