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From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc>
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Subject: Re: triggers and plpgsql question
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--On mardi 27 ao=FBt 2002 15:38 -0700 Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:

>=20
> Mathieu,
>=20
>> The thing I need, is to be able to know what does NEW contains, and I
>> have not found out any mean to do so. If it's not possible to do so,
>> I'll write a function per table, but for the beauty of all this, I would
>> have liked to do it the way above.
>=20
> You can't do this in PL/pgSQL.   See the online documentation on writing=
=20
> triggers in C; that is the only way to get what you want.

So, if I want to avoid C, I'll have to write a function per table. I'll
have a look at SPI (as I believe after a short readout of the doc, I'll
need it).

--=20
Mathieu Arnold