| From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
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| To: | Jasbinder Bali <jsbali(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tino Wildenhain <tino(at)wildenhain(dot)de>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Triggers in Postgres |
| Date: | 2006-07-31 16:25:01 |
| Message-ID: | 44CE2EDD.8000100@archonet.com |
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Jasbinder Bali wrote:
> Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't
> write a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write it in a
> procedural language like C. So wanted some more insight on it.
See chapters 35 - 39 of the manual for details. In particular a
discussion of plpgsql and an example of writing a trigger using it.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/plpgsql.html
There are other procedural languages available too: php, ruby, shell, R,
all of various levels of maturity and with different features.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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