Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:22:39 +0300 (EEST)
From: achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com
To: Dmitri Fuerle <ffo2lp@yahoo.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Question regarding triggers
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Why dont you try to write your trigger in C?

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Dmitri Fuerle wrote:

>  
>    I'm writing a trigger but running into problems.  My problem is that I can not determine anyway to tell what fields are in the *new* record.  Without knowing what fields are there I get runtime errors if that's not what is being updated example:
>  
> CREATE FUNCTION "public"."check_shipment" () RETURNS trigger AS'
> begin
>     If new.shipment_type_id = 4 then
>         --do something
>     end if;
>     return new;
> end;
>  
> in the above example everything works if shipment_type_id is being updated.  If it is not I will receive a run-time error because shipment_type_id is not part of the record new.
>  
> Please help,
> Dmitri
>  
> 
> 
> 
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