X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699BCD8306 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:39:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05092-02 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:39:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 548DBD82F8 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:39:10 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j9D4dAvJ017674; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:39:10 -0400 (EDT) To: fmiddleton@verizon.net Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: UPDATE Trigger on multiple tables In-reply-to: <434DE296.8060203@verizon.net> References: <434DE296.8060203@verizon.net> Comments: In-reply-to Ferindo Middleton Jr message dated "Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:29:10 -0400" Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:39:10 -0400 Message-ID: <17673.1129178350@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.11 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.097, UPPERCASE_25_50=0.207] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200510/131 X-Sequence-Number: 22984 Ferindo Middleton Jr writes: > Is it possible to have a single trigger on multiple tables > simultaneously? Example: > CREATE TRIGGER emp_cust_stamp BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON employees, customers > FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE last_updated_stamp(); No. You can use the same function for multiple triggers, but you have to CREATE TRIGGER for each table separately. regards, tom lane