I realized the problem after tinkering around a bunch. The trigger wasn't in
place, only the function. Now the trigger is in place.
Sorry to have bothered the list.
Scott
On Wednesday 18 June 2003 11:59, Scott Chapman wrote:
> I'm trying to implement a plpython trigger so that I can use a third part
> application, using Postgresql 7.3.3 on RH8.0, with Python 2.2.1.
> It's supposed to change the 'modified' field to true whenever a record is
> modified or added in this table:
>
> pilot-db=# \d timelog_data ;
> Table "public.timelog_data"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> -----------------+---------------------------+-----------
> task | character varying(255) |
> time | time(0) without time zone |
> date | date |
> palm_record_id | integer |
> record_modified | boolean |
>
> Here's the trigger:
>
> pilot-db=# \df+ pilotdb*
> List of
> functions
> Result data type | Schema | Name | Argument data types | Owner
>
> | Language | Source code | Description
>
> ------------------+--------+-----------------+---------------------+-------
>---+----------+----------------------------------------------+-------------
> "trigger" | public | pilotdb_trigger | |
> postgres
>
> | plpython | TD["new"]["modified"] = "t"; return "MODIFY" |
>
> Here's the before and after:
> pilot-db=# select * from timelog_data;
> task | time | date | palm_record_id | record_modified
> --------------+----------+------------+----------------+-----------------
> Network | 11:14:00 | 2003-06-13 | 8933378 | f
> Tech Support | 14:16:00 | 2003-06-13 | 8933379 | f
> End Tasks | 14:16:00 | 2003-06-13 | 8933380 | f
> End Tasks | 11:44:00 | 2003-06-15 | 8933377 | f
> (4 rows)
>
> pilot-db=# update timelog_data SET date = '2003-06-16' where palm_record_id
> = '8933377';
> UPDATE 1
> pilot-db=# select * from timelog_data;
> task | time | date | palm_record_id | record_modified
> --------------+----------+------------+----------------+-----------------
> Network | 11:14:00 | 2003-06-13 | 8933378 | f
> Tech Support | 14:16:00 | 2003-06-13 | 8933379 | f
> End Tasks | 14:16:00 | 2003-06-13 | 8933380 | f
> End Tasks | 11:44:00 | 2003-06-16 | 8933377 | f
> (4 rows)
>
> Can anyone please help me understand what I'm missing here?
>
> Cordially,
> Scott
>
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