From: | Jeff Boes <jboes(at)nexcerpt(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Rule won't let me NOTIFY, no matter how hard I try |
Date: | 2004-01-13 21:07:45 |
Message-ID: | 2d8491964a9d65324f083494a9f54f8b@news.teranews.com |
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Here's the setup: I wanted to write a rule that would fire on an update
to one table, and do an update to another table, followed by a notify.
My first attempt wasn't acceptable to PG (7.3.4):
create rule "my_rule" as
on update to table_A
where new.col_A != old.col_A
do
(update table_B ...;
notify "my_signal";
);
... because you can't have a "notify" statement in a rule that fires on
update (only select, update, and delete, I guess).
Second attempt was to "hide" the notify in a function:
create function fn_notify(TEXT) returns VOID as '
execute ''notify " || $1 || "'';
' language 'plpgsql';
Oddly enough, this works IF and ONLY IF the rule "my_rule" fires and the
internal update statement does not update any rows. If it actually
updates a row, then I get this error:
WARNING: plpgsql: ERROR during compile of fn_notify near line 5
ERROR: syntax error at or near ""
What gives? Must I use a trigger to get around this?
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