Re: Trigger functions w/o pgsql ?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: weigelt(at)metux(dot)de
Cc: PGSQL-SQL <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Trigger functions w/o pgsql ?
Date: 2003-09-01 22:00:15
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0309012359450.26223-100000@peter.localdomain
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weigelt(at)metux(dot)de writes:

> is it somehow possible to create trigger functions directly in
> SQL language, w/o an procedural language ?

No.

> Why cant the return value of an function simply be ignored,
> instead of requiring the function to return void (which an sql
> function can't return) ?

Internal reasons mostly, but not trivial to overcome.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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