Re: logging table changes

From: Mladen Gogala <mgogala(at)vmsinfo(dot)com>
To: Rob Richardson <Rob(dot)Richardson(at)rad-con(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: logging table changes
Date: 2010-09-09 17:50:58
Message-ID: 4C891E82.7040204@vmsinfo.com
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Rob Richardson wrote:
>
> But how is that significantly better than an update trigger that
> includes:
>
> If old.value <> new.value then
> do something
> End if
>
> RobR
>
>
It's better because the new version will not fire unless the "WHEN"
condition is satisfied, which means that you will save a few trigger
invocations, which should improve the performance. The present method
would fire every time, and check for the values.

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