Thread: More plpgsql fun! (deleting large object refs)

    Now that I have some magic triggers deleting and updating
rows based on the actions of referring rows, I have to take
care of the deletion of large objects associated with some
rows.  Any idea how I should do this?


I tried...
BEGIN
    SELECT lo_unlink(OLD.bootstrap_script);
    SELECT lo_unlink(OLD.update_archive);
END;

...this gave "Unexpected SELECT in..." errors.

I tried...
BEGIN
    lo_unlink(OLD.bootstrap_script);
    lo_unlink(OLD.update_archive);
END;

...this gave parse errors...

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I did it using a rule before:

CREATE RULE image_delete_lo AS
ON DELETE TO images
DO SELECT lo_unlink(old.image);

In PL/pgSQL, you can try using PERFORM:

BEGIN
    PERFORM lo_unlink(OLD.bootstrap_script);
    PERFORM lo_unlink(OLD.update_archive);
END;


On Wednesday 17 January 2001 20:06, Adam Haberlach wrote:
> Now that I have some magic triggers deleting and updating
> rows based on the actions of referring rows, I have to take
> care of the deletion of large objects associated with some
> rows.  Any idea how I should do this?
>
>
> I tried...
> BEGIN
>     SELECT lo_unlink(OLD.bootstrap_script);
>     SELECT lo_unlink(OLD.update_archive);
> END;
>
> ....this gave "Unexpected SELECT in..." errors.
>
> I tried...
> BEGIN
>     lo_unlink(OLD.bootstrap_script);
>     lo_unlink(OLD.update_archive);
> END;
>
> ....this gave parse errors...

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