Re: CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER in SQL pane (pgAdmin 1.14.1)

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Miso Vanek <michal(dot)vanek(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER in SQL pane (pgAdmin 1.14.1)
Date: 2012-01-04 14:46:49
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On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 05:17 -0800, Miso Vanek wrote:
> On 2. Jan, 22:57 h., guilla(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)lelarge(dot)info (Guillaume Lelarge) wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-12-19 at 10:50 +0100, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 15:39 +0200, Julius Tuskenis wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> >
> > > > After installing pgAdmin 1.14.1 I have noticed that CREATE CONSTRAINT
> > > > TRIGGER statements are shown in SQL pane when selecting table from
> > > > treeview. Is this done on purpose?
> > > > Frankly, I find no real use of statements like:
> > > > CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "RI_ConstraintTrigger_73501293"
> > > > AFTER DELETE
> > > > ON b_dok
> > > > FOR EACH ROW
> > > > EXECUTE PROCEDURE "RI_FKey_cascade_del"();
> >
> > > > I think the constraint triggers should not be shown (at least by
> > > > default). They might be a good thing for debugging but not for
> > > > administrating the DB. I support the opinion stated in
> > > >http://www.pgadmin.org/support/faq.php:
> >
> > > > "
> > > > <...>
> > > > pgAdmin III considers constraint triggers as an internal implementation
> > > > detail, not interesting for the common administrator. In fact, CREATE
> > > > CONSTRAINT TRIGGER is for backward compatibility only, and shouldn't be
> > > > used in newer scripts any more. Some tools (e.g. pgAdmin II) imply this,
> > > > by showing a ADD CONSTRAINT when reverse engineering, while actually the
> > > > constraint information in the database is missing.
> > > > Run the adddepend script, which can be found in the backend's sources
> > > > contrib/adddepend directory. [AP]"
> >
> > > > I'd be glad if they disappeared from the SQL pane.
> >
> > > > pgAdmin 1.14.1
> > > > WinXp SP3
> > > > PostgreSQL 8.3.4 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (Gentoo
> > > > 4.3.2-r3 p1.6, pie-10.1.5) 4.3.2
> >
> > > System constraints triggers shouldn't appear at all if you didn't select
> > > the "Show system objects". They never should appear in the SQL pane of a
> > > table description for example.
> >
> > > User constraints triggers should always appear.
> >
> > > The fact that system constraint triggers appear wasn't done on purpose.
> > > As a matter of fact, this is a bug.
> >
> > I tried to make it appear many times, but failed. Do you have
> > self-contained test case that I could use? Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Guillaume
> > http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
> > http://www.dalibo.com
> > PostgreSQL Sessions #3:http://www.postgresql-sessions.org
> >
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>
> i have noticed it too.
>
> Ubuntu 11.10
> postgresql 9.1
> pgadmin 1.14.1
> compiled using gcc/g++, no additinional flags, only ./configure, make,
> make install
> rev: REL-1_14_1
> show system objects - not enabled
>
> example of SQL pane:
>
> CREATE TABLE projects
> (
> id serial NOT NULL,
> name text NOT NULL,
> handler text,
> CONSTRAINT projects_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id )
> )
> WITH (
> OIDS=FALSE
> );
> ALTER TABLE projects
> OWNER TO smsgtwlive;
>
> -- Trigger: RI_ConstraintTrigger_4601055 on projects
>
> -- DROP TRIGGER "RI_ConstraintTrigger_4601055" ON projects;
>
> CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "RI_ConstraintTrigger_4601055"
> AFTER DELETE
> ON projects
> FOR EACH ROW
> EXECUTE PROCEDURE "RI_FKey_restrict_del"();
>
> -- Trigger: RI_ConstraintTrigger_4601056 on projects
>
> -- DROP TRIGGER "RI_ConstraintTrigger_4601056" ON projects;
>
> CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "RI_ConstraintTrigger_4601056"
> AFTER UPDATE
> ON projects
> FOR EACH ROW
> EXECUTE PROCEDURE "RI_FKey_restrict_upd"();
>

How did you create the table?

--
Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
http://www.dalibo.com
PostgreSQL Sessions #3: http://www.postgresql-sessions.org

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