Re: Trigger Documentation

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)pl>
To: al_nunes(at)ciclotecnologia(dot)com(dot)br
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Trigger Documentation
Date: 2001-06-10 07:35:44
Message-ID: 20010610093544.14c48d82.depesz@depesz.pl
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On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 11:55:08 -0300 (BRT)
al_nunes(at)ciclotecnologia(dot)com(dot)br wrote:

> What I need to do now is very simple, I want to make a trigger that
check
> if some text field is null. If it is, I want to record something on
> it. What I was trying (unsuccessfully):
> CREATE FUNCTION ins_ip() RETURNS OPAQUE AS '
> BEGIN
> IF NEW.<field> ISNULL THEN
> NEW.<field> := "something";
> RETURN NEW;
> END;

you're missing two things.
1st. there should be end if
2nd. is should be NEW.<field> := ''something'';

btw. it's better to do it with "DEFAULT" statement in create table.

depesz

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