Re: Asynchronous Trigger? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: Asynchronous Trigger?
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Msg-id CAHyXU0wHfetV7eMBWEtbM=wFZcARUkbq8Q9kV1PcX09oVPjk2w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Asynchronous Trigger?  (Cory Tucker <cory.tucker@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:29 PM, Cory Tucker <cory.tucker@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to have the execution of a trigger (or any function) not
> block the completion of the statement they are associated with?
>
> A pattern I had hoped to implement was to do a quick update of rows that
> signaled they needed attention, and then an async per-row trigger would come
> and do the maintenance (in this case, make an expensive materialized view).
>
> Any suggestions welcome.

Generally the idea is to (in the trigger) invoke some low risk quick
action such as inserting a record in to a 'stuff to do' table.  Then,
some other process comes around and does the heavy lifting.

merlin


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