Re: Triggers with arguments

If I understand correctly, you have something like this:

CREATE TABLE rec_* (
num integer primary key;
other ...
);

CREATE TABLE notes (
name CHAR(20),
num INTEGER,
note VARCHAR(200),
PRIMARY KEY(name, num)
);

So, you have many different tables like rec_*, and one notes table that
can refer to them all.

Perhaps then, you want something like this:

CREATE TABLE notes (
name CHAR(20),
num INTEGER REFERENCES rec_*
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE CASCADE,
note VARCHAR(200),
PRIMARY KEY(name, num)
);

'cept I just realized that a column can't reference multiple tables (can
it?). Anyway, I found the above idea in Bruce's book in Chapter 14,
"Modification of Primary Key Row."

If I'm reading it correctly, deleting the record from rec_*, should cause
the corresponding record in notes to be deleted as well.

perhaps this'll help,

R.

On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Scott Holmes wrote:

> I'm afraid I just don't see how this is done without being able to pass
> arguments to the procedure or actually running an additional SQL statement
> within the trigger:
>
> I have a "notes" table that is potentially linked to records in many other
> tables. The primary key is created from 1) the name of the table, and 2) the
> primary key value of that table. When one of these records, with notes, is
> deleted, I need to make sure that the notes records are deleted as well.
>
> I've been playing around with this and perhaps my code that doesn't work will
> illustrate what I need to accomplish and perhaps one of you kind readers will
> show me just how to do it.
>
> CREATE FUNCTION del_stxnoted () RETURNS opaque AS '
> DECLARE
> fname alias for $1;
> rkey alias for $2;
> BEGIN
> delete from stxnoted where filename = fname
> and record_key = rkey;
> END;'
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
>
> create trigger del_location_trig
> after delete
> on location
> for each row
> execute procedure del_stxnoted("location", 'old.wher');
>
> Postgres will not create this trigger as it does not recognize the function
> del_stxnoted as actually existing.
>
>
> I am attempting to convert a large suite of applications that currently run on
> an Informix database. The syntax for this is
>
> create trigger del_location delete on location referencing
> old as pre_del
> for each row
> (
> delete from stxnoted where ((filename = 'location' ) AND (record_key
> = pre_del.wher ) ) );
>
>
> Thanks, Scott
>
>
>
>