| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Chris Mair <list(at)1006(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Jasbinder Bali <jsbali(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Triggers in Postgres |
| Date: | 2006-08-01 12:18:02 |
| Message-ID: | 922.1154434682@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Chris Mair <list(at)1006(dot)org> writes:
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/triggers.html
>> " It is not currently possible to write a trigger function in the
>> plain SQL function language. "
> The whole paragraph says.
> "It is also possible to write a trigger function in C, although most
> people find it easier to use one of the procedural languages. It is not
> currently possible to write a trigger function in the plain SQL function
> language."
And that comes *after* a paragraph talking about the different
procedural languages you can write a trigger in. I can't imagine how
anyone would come away from reading that with the impression that C
is the first recommendation for writing triggers.
regards, tom lane
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