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Subject: Re: Incomplete compatibility information for triggers
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com>
Cc: Louis-Claude Canon <louis-claude.canon@femto-st.fr>,
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Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:30:40 -0500
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On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 14:47 -0700, Josh Kupershmidt wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Louis-Claude Canon
> <louis-claude.canon@femto-st.fr> wrote:
> > Le 14/11/2012 05:23, Josh Kupershmidt a écrit :
> >
> >> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Louis-Claude Canon
> >> <louis-claude.canon@femto-st.fr> wrote:
> >>
> >>> the compatibility section of the "create trigger" page
> >>> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/sql-createtrigger.html)
> >>> claims
> >>> that a missing functionality is the ability to define aliases for the
> >>> "old"
> >>> and "new" rows or tables. If I am understanding this correctly, another
> >>> related missing functionality is that PostgreSQL does not allow the old
> >>> and
> >>> new tables to be referenced for statement-level triggers (i.e., the "OLD
> >>> TABLE" that contains all the deleted/modified rows in case of
> >>> deletion/update). I think this is also worth noting as any workaround for
> >>> it
> >>> seems to be more difficult (if possible at all) than for the missing
> >>> alias
> >>> feature.
> >>
> >> +1, it seems like a useful missing piece from the SQL:2011 standard.
> >> Care to send a documentation patch?
> >
> >
> > Let me know if it requires a second round.
> 
> A (belated) +1 for this patch. There were two small typos which I've
> fixed in the attached version.

Committed.


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