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From Jerry Sievers
Subject Re: Access to NEW.column outside of a trigger function.
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In response to Access to NEW.column outside of a trigger function.  ("Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com>)
Responses Re: Access to NEW.column outside of a trigger function.  ("Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com>)
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"Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com> writes:

> I have a check constraint that runs a PlPgsql function which returns a
> pass/ fail status which the constraint uses to allow or disallow the
> value.  This is not a trigger function.  It's just a plain-ole
> PlPgsql.  Is there a way I can read (not write, just read) the
> NEW.column values that a trigger function would normally have access
> to?

Sure.  Just pass them into your validator func as parameters.

But why are you avoiding use of a trigger here?

> Thanks in Advance for any help.
>

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