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 02434D725B for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 07:08:03 -0400 (AST) 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 59011-01 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:08:04 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B8573D724B for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 07:07:59 -0400 (AST) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 20 Nov 2005 11:08:02 -0000 Received: from dslb-084-063-030-177.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO colt.pezone.net) [84.63.30.177] by mail.gmx.net (mp026) with SMTP; 20 Nov 2005 12:08:02 +0100 X-Authenticated: #495269 From: Peter Eisentraut To: Joost Kraaijeveld Subject: Re: Trigger / rule question Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 12:08:00 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org References: <1132478280.17919.10.camel@Panoramix> In-Reply-To: <1132478280.17919.10.camel@Panoramix> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511201208.00599.peter_e@gmx.net> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 required=5 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/166 X-Sequence-Number: 23417 Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > 1. Does an insert, update or delete statement return before or after > an "After" trigger (is such a trigger or rule synchronous or > a-synchronous? Synchronous > 2. Is there a concept of a rule or trigger that fails? > If so, if a trigger or rule fails, does the insert, update or delete > statement (transaction) fail? Yes -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/