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From: Jim C. Nasby <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Jeff Williams <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [SQL] Update timestamp on update
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:20:43 -0500
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:52:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jeff Williams <[email protected]> writes:
> > Thanks. Triggers was my first thought, but chapter 35 on Triggers didn't
> > really indicate a way I could do this easily and scared me with a lot of
> > c code.
> 
> Yeah.  This is a documentation issue that's bothered me for awhile.
> The problem is that we treat the PL languages as add-ons and therefore
> the documentation of the "core" system shouldn't rely on them ... but
> that leaves us presenting C-code triggers as the only examples in
> chapter 35.  There is a paragraph in there suggesting you go look at
> the PL languages first, but obviously it's not getting the job done.

Chapter 35 is plpgsql.. do you mean chapter 32.4?

> Anybody have a better idea?

What about a See Also section ala man pages that links to trigger info
for other languages?
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Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant      [email protected]
Pervasive Software      http://pervasive.com    work: 512-231-6117
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