Re: trigger self recursion

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 02:20:57PM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote:
> Basically I have a table that is not fully normalized. When the user
> updates a field that has a "duplicate" I would like it to update those
> duplicate rows as well.
> The code is very straightforward.
>
> Update table1 set f1=new.f1,f2=new.f2,f3=new.f3 where pk<>new.pk
> and f4=new.f4 and f5=new.f5
>
> Where table1 is the original table being updated.

Well, the solution seems to me to be:

Update table1 set f1=new.f1,f2=new.f2,f3=new.f3 where pk<>new.pk
and f4=new.f4 and f5=new.f5 and (f1<>new.f1 or f2<>new.f2 or f3<>new.f3);

I.e., say what you mean. You don't want to update rows that already
have the right values.

> In SQL Server/Sybase, for example, a trigger is only fired per table
> once.

Once per row I assume. If you're updating multiple rows you want the
trigger to apply to each change. Seems like an arbitrary restriction to
me.
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