Re: minimal update

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: minimal update
Date: 2008-05-08 00:38:02
Message-ID: 48224B6A.9010400@dunslane.net
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Not that I know of. I never saw Gurjeet's completed code.

cheers

andrew

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Is there a version of this patch ready for application?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Gurjeet Singh wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gurjeet Singh wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us
>>>> <mailto:bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I assume don't want a TODO for this? (Suppress UPDATE no changed
>>>> columns)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am starting to implement this. Do we want to have this trigger
>>>> function in the server, or in an external module?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I have the trigger part of this done, in fact. What remains to be done
>>> is to add it to the catalog and document it. The intention is to make it
>>> a builtin as it will be generally useful. If you want to work on the
>>> remaining parts then I will happily ship you the C code for the trigger.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> In fact, I just finished writing the C code and including it in the catalog
>> (Just tested that it's visible in the catalog). I will test it to see if it
>> does actually do what we want it to.
>>
>> I have incorporated all the suggestions above. Would love to see your code
>> in the meantime.
>>
>> Here's the C code:
>>
>> Datum
>> trig_ignore_duplicate_updates( PG_FUNCTION_ARGS )
>> {
>> TriggerData *trigData;
>> HeapTuple oldTuple;
>> HeapTuple newTuple;
>>
>> if (!CALLED_AS_TRIGGER(fcinfo))
>> elog(ERROR, "trig_ignore_duplicate_updates: not called by trigger
>> manager.");
>>
>> if( !TRIGGER_FIRED_BY_UPDATE(trigData->tg_event)
>> && !TRIGGER_FIRED_BEFORE(trigData->tg_event)
>> && !TRIGGER_FIRED_FOR_ROW(trigData->tg_event) )
>> {
>> elog(ERROR, "trig_ignore_duplicate_updates: Can only be executed for
>> UPDATE, BEFORE and FOR EACH ROW.");
>> }
>>
>> trigData = (TriggerData *) fcinfo->context;
>> oldTuple = trigData->tg_trigtuple;
>> newTuple = trigData->tg_newtuple;
>>
>> if (newTuple->t_len == oldTuple->t_len
>> && newTuple->t_data->t_hoff == oldTuple->t_data->t_hoff
>> && HeapTupleHeaderGetNatts(newTuple->t_data) ==
>> HeapTupleHeaderGetNatts(oldTuple->t_data)
>> && (newTuple->t_data->t_infomask & ~HEAP_XACT_MASK)
>> == (oldTuple->t_data->t_infomask & ~HEAP_XACT_MASK)
>> && memcmp( (char*)(newTuple->t_data) + offsetof(HeapTupleHeaderData,
>> t_bits),
>> (char*)(oldTuple->t_data) + offsetof(HeapTupleHeaderData,
>> t_bits),
>> newTuple->t_len - offsetof(HeapTupleHeaderData, t_bits)
>> ) == 0 )
>> {
>> /* return without crating a new tuple */
>> return PointerGetDatum( NULL );
>> }
>>
>> return PointerGetDatum( trigData->tg_newtuple );
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> gurjeet[(dot)singh](at)EnterpriseDB(dot)com
>> singh(dot)gurjeet(at){ gmail | hotmail | indiatimes | yahoo }.com
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>
>

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