Re: [DOCS] Update timestamp on update

From: Mike Diehl <jdiehl(at)sandia(dot)gov>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Update timestamp on update
Date: 2005-10-13 17:45:16
Message-ID: 200510131145.16911.jdiehl@sandia.gov
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Is a working example something that people would like to see? Or is this
considered a good use of research time?

On Thursday 13 October 2005 11:20 am, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:52:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Jeff Williams <jeffw(at)globaldial(dot)com> writes:
> > > Thanks. Triggers was my first thought, but chapter 35 on Triggers
> > > didn't really indicate a way I could do this easily and scared me with
> > > a lot of c code.
> >
> > Yeah. This is a documentation issue that's bothered me for awhile.
> > The problem is that we treat the PL languages as add-ons and therefore
> > the documentation of the "core" system shouldn't rely on them ... but
> > that leaves us presenting C-code triggers as the only examples in
> > chapter 35. There is a paragraph in there suggesting you go look at
> > the PL languages first, but obviously it's not getting the job done.
>
> Chapter 35 is plpgsql.. do you mean chapter 32.4?
>
> > Anybody have a better idea?
>
> What about a See Also section ala man pages that links to trigger info
> for other languages?

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