Re: ALTER TRIGGER DISABLE/ENABLE

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christoph Dalitz <christoph(dot)dalitz(at)hs-niederrhein(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ALTER TRIGGER DISABLE/ENABLE
Date: 2002-11-26 18:53:39
Message-ID: 200211261853.gAQIrdE00304@candle.pha.pa.us
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Christoph Dalitz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> while there have been suggested some hacks on the system catalog
> for disabling/enabling triggers, these have two serious disadvantages:
>
> - they cannot be done by the owner of the trigger
> (only the DBA has write access to the system catalog)
> - messing in the system catalog for simple DB schema changes makes
> most users feel uneasy
>
> Oracle has an SQL command "ALTER TRIGGER triggername DISABLE|ENABLE".
> Were it possible to put this command on the TODO list for a future PG release?

Already on TODO list:

* Allow triggers to be disabled [trigger]

I will add your email to the TODO.detail thread.

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