Thread: Re: [ADMIN] Latest transcation

Re: [ADMIN] Latest transcation

From
"Anagha Joshi"
Date:
Yes...I'm aware of that and have tried also by maintaining extra table.
But how to to the following:
1.    If insertion takes place, I want to return to the client the
values (with field names of course)    which are inserted into the
tables. In each case table might be different.

2.    If modification takes places, I want to know the values which
are modified with field names and return them to the client.

More precisely,
My C++ client --
'
'
"
    Transcation begin
        insert/update query to the backend is fired.
            //control is tranferred to the trigger
        //After trigger procedure is executed, I want at this
point the values inserted/modified so         //as to pass them back
    Transcation end
'
'

Pls. help
Anagha

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Gardner [mailto:jgardner@jonathangardner.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 7:26 PM
To: Anagha Joshi; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Latest transcation


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Wednesday 18 June 2003 22:16, Anagha Joshi wrote:
> Is there any way to know programatically which is the latest
> insert/update occured to a particular table? What are the values which

> are inserted/updated to that table?
>

If you want to record transaction history on a table, you'll need to use

triggers and a separate table to store the history in. When the
transaction
that modified the table commits, the modification to the history table
from
the trigger will commit also, in the order they committed.

- --
Jonathan Gardner <jgardner@jonathangardner.net>
(was jgardn@alumni.washington.edu)
Live Free, Use Linux!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE+8cD2WgwF3QvpWNwRAnoAAJ4j/gaXd2V748O2M/8pNvY9IYhGkgCeNhe2
KjXh8NwRMtMtfYFvPX69wWE=
=8Aa3
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Re: [ADMIN] Latest transcation

From
Jonathan Gardner
Date:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Friday 20 June 2003 01:27, Anagha Joshi wrote:
> Yes...I'm aware of that and have tried also by maintaining extra table.
> But how to to the following:
> 1.    If insertion takes place, I want to return to the client the
> values (with field names of course)    which are inserted into the
> tables. In each case table might be different.
>

When you insert a single row, PostgreSQL returns the OID of that row. Just
follow up with a select (SELECT * FROM <your table> WHERE OID=<the oid>) and
you'll get all the info you need.

> 2.    If modification takes places, I want to know the values which
> are modified with field names and return them to the client.
>

You can do that by checking what is different between the data you inserted
and the data you get from the select statement.

> More precisely,
> My C++ client --
> '
> '
> "
>     Transcation begin
>         insert/update query to the backend is fired.
>             //control is tranferred to the trigger
>         //After trigger procedure is executed, I want at this
> point the values inserted/modified so         //as to pass them back
>     Transcation end
> '
> '
>

I don't think it can work the way you would like it. Try this algorithm.

For insert:
1. Insert query is run. (Trigger, other table inserts/updates performed)
2. With the OID from the insert, select the data.

For Update:
1. Update query is run. (Triggers, etc, are run as well).
2. With the OID (or Primary Key), select the data you just updated.

You can turn these two procedures into a stored procedure pretty easily. This
way, all you do is call a stored procedure, and it will pass back all the
data you need. You get a free transaction block inside the stored procedure
as well.

- --
Jonathan Gardner <jgardner@jonathangardner.net>
(was jgardn@alumni.washington.edu)
Live Free, Use Linux!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE+8w95WgwF3QvpWNwRAsVgAKCu48FN0VkRvXc9a2d9Qc91YU6jaQCdG4h4
kH42h4oWrsh1f1Splm0KNkA=
=zOMj
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----