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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:26:54 +0100
From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: "Stephen Cook" <sclists@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: statement-level trigger sample out there?
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
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On 29/11/2007, Stephen Cook <sclists@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am curious (coming from a MS SQL Server background, I just started
> playing with PostgreSQL recently).

yes, I belive. I was too. There are total different style of triggeres
in Postgres. But If I can say, programming in Postgres is much more
confortable. But It is different. You have to use ROW triggers.

>
> What type of situation would warrant a statement-level trigger that
> can't access the old and new values?  Without that access, isn't the
> only information you get is the fact that an operation occurred on the
> table?  Or am I missing something?
>
> -- Stephen
>

Statement triggers can be used in some kind of auditing. Maybe. I
didn't use it. And I use Postgres five years.

Pavel
>
>
> Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > You cannot to access to values in statement trigger. Postgres doesn't
> > support it.
> >
> > Regards
> > Pavel Stehule
> >
> > On 29/11/2007, Christian Kindler <christian.kindler@gmx.net> wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Can anyone provide me a simple example of a statement-level trigger? Problem is I do not know how to access the old.*, new.* values.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Chris
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