pg.ddx.io pgsql-sql@postgresql.org mailing list archivehelp / color / mirror / Atom feed
Trigger functions w/o pgsql ? 2+ messages / 2 participants [nested] [flat]
* Trigger functions w/o pgsql ? @ 2003-09-01 18:10 weigelt@metux.de 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: weigelt@metux.de @ 2003-09-01 18:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: pgsql-sql Hi folks, is it somehow possible to create trigger functions directly in SQL language, w/o an procedural language ? Why cant the return value of an function simply be ignored, instead of requiring the function to return void (which an sql function can't return) ? cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT services phone: +49 36207 519931 www: http://www.metux.de/ fax: +49 36207 519932 email: contact@metux.de cellphone: +49 174 7066481 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Diese Mail wurde mit UUCP versandt. http://www.metux.de/uucp/ ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: Trigger functions w/o pgsql ? @ 2003-09-01 22:00 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> parent: weigelt@metux.de 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Peter Eisentraut @ 2003-09-01 22:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: weigelt@metux.de; +Cc: pgsql-sql weigelt@metux.de writes: > is it somehow possible to create trigger functions directly in > SQL language, w/o an procedural language ? No. > Why cant the return value of an function simply be ignored, > instead of requiring the function to return void (which an sql > function can't return) ? Internal reasons mostly, but not trivial to overcome. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 2+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2003-09-01 22:00 UTC | newest] Thread overview: 2+ messages (download: mbox mbox.gz follow: Atom feed) -- links below jump to the message on this page -- 2003-09-01 18:10 Trigger functions w/o pgsql ? weigelt@metux.de 2003-09-01 22:00 ` Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox