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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:32:05 -0400
From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
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To: GRIMOIS Eric <eric.grimois@cpam-cergypontoise.cnamts.fr>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: General trigger function
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GRIMOIS Eric wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I read in the doc than a same function can be used for several triggers.
> I tried to create a function who updates a field with a timestamp and
> another field with the user name. This function is fired by triggers in
> several tables.
> It only works if updated fields have same names in all tables. I failed to
> create a function where fields names are parameters of the function.

    You could do that with the EXECUTE functionality. But that
    causes *every* execution of these statemets not beeing
    cacheable, so it'll have an impact on performance. 


Jan

> 
> What's the way to do that ?
> Thanks.
> 
> Eric GRIMOIS
> Analyste programmeur
> SEI - CPAM du Val d'Oise
> 
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