From: Riccardo G. Facchini <abief_ag_-postgresql@yahoo.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Trigger calling a function HELP ME! (2)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:50:22 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <20040424055022.96721.qmail@web13907.mail.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200404221219.12694.dev@archonet.com>
--- Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 April 2004 16:16, abief_ag_-postgresql(at)yahoo.com
> wrote:
>
> > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.imp_test_to_out_test(imp_test)
> > RETURNS imp_test AS
> > 'begin
> > return $1;
> > end;'
> > LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' STABLE;
> >
> > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.imp_test_trigger()
> > RETURNS trigger AS
> > 'begin
> > return imp_test_to_out_test(new);
> > end;'
> > LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' STABLE;
>
> This is your problem. NEW is a special variable, and I don't think
> you can
> pass it into another function (other than as NEW.col1, NEW.col2,
> NEW.col3
> etc).
>
> You can however use TG_NAME or TG_RELNAME to see what trigger/table
> called
> you. I find that's helpful.
> --
> Richard Huxton
> Archonet Ltd
>
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So, If I have to do a record-wide manipulation (almost all the fields)
to the NEW record just before returning from the trigger, what other
possibility do you suggest?
thanks for your kind answer...
=====
Riccardo G. Facchini
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