Re: Notify rule - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Ribe
Subject Re: Notify rule
Date
Msg-id AFC95575-9FE2-4CF7-ADCA-9FD70AB8356E@elevated-dev.com
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In response to Re: Notify rule  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:03 AM, ivan_14_32 <ivan_14_32@mail.ru> wrote:
> Hi!
> I trying to create rule for update notifing:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE RULE "ttt_NotifyU" AS
>     ON UPDATE TO "ttt" DO
>  NOTIFY "ttt", '88';
> this work.
>
> But this
> CREATE OR REPLACE RULE "ttt_NotifyU" AS
>     ON UPDATE TO "ttt" DO
>  NOTIFY "ttt", NEW."id";
> don't (syntax error),
> NOTIFY "ttt", CAST(NEW."id" as text)
> too.
>
> Q: How can I send tuple id (integer primary key) via notify using Rule?
>     Target is erasing deprecated tuples from application's cache.

Well, that second argument to NOTIFY must be a literal. If you need to notify with a dynamic value, then you need to
usethe pg_notify function instead--regardless of whether you use a rule or a trigger. 

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