Re: Trigger function which inserts into table; values from lookup

From: novnov <novnovice(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: Trigger function which inserts into table; values from lookup
Date: 2007-05-21 00:36:05
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It's an after trigger.

Any clue re my question?

Alvaro Herrera-7 wrote:
>
> novnov escribió:
>>
>> Inching closer; the following handles the dupe key error but doesn't
>> insert
>> the rows it should either. So, the exception is ending the insert, and
>> not
>> continuing to insert for rows that don't violate the unique key
>> restraint.
>> Is there a way around this or will I need to take a different approach?
>
> You have to make the function return NEW, not NULL, if this is a BEFORE
> trigger.
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