RE: extension patch of CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER

From: "osumi(dot)takamichi(at)fujitsu(dot)com" <osumi(dot)takamichi(at)fujitsu(dot)com>
To: 'Peter Smith' <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Surafel Temesgen <surafel3000(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: extension patch of CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER
Date: 2020-09-09 13:28:12
Message-ID: OSBPR01MB48888E29DD98F5F0CDA47DB2ED260@OSBPR01MB4888.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
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Hi

> Those are fixed OK now, but I found 2 new review points.
>
> ====
>
> COMMENT trigger.c (typo)
>
> + ereport(ERROR,
> + (errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
> + errmsg("trigger \"%s\" for relation \"%s\" is a constraint trigger",
> + stmt->trigname, RelationGetRelationName(rel)),
> + errhint("use CREATE OR REPLACE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER to replace a
> costraint trigger")));
>
>
> Typo in the errhint text.
> "costraint" -> "constraint"
Fixed. Thank you.

> ====
>
> COMMENT create_trigger.sgmg (add more help?)
>
> I noticed that the CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION help [1] describes the OR
> REPLACE syntax ("Description" section) and also mentions some of the
> restrictions when using REPLACE ("Notes" section).
> [1] - https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createfunction.html
>
> ~~
> OTOH this trigger patch does not add anything much at all in the trigger help.
>
> Shouldn't the "Description" at least say something like:
> "CREATE OR REPLACE will either create a new trigger, or replace an existing
> definition."
>
> Shouldn't the "Notes" include information about restrictions when using OR
> REPLACE e.g. cannot replace triggers with triggers of a different kind e.g.
> cannot replace triggers with pending events
>
> What do you think?
That's a great idea. I've applied this idea to the latest patch v10.

Regards,
Takamichi Osumi

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