Trigger and Trigger function.

From: Matt Iskra <Matt(dot)Iskra(at)doj(dot)ca(dot)gov>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Trigger and Trigger function.
Date: 2005-06-16 22:56:31
Message-ID: s2b1a145.070@gwia
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Howdy y'all.

I have been trying to get a trigger and trigger function working. I have looked at the docs, copied the examples, and I still cannot get this to work. So, now I try you guys/gals.

My test environment:
Windows XP Pro (on my laptop)
User account Postgre, with non-admin premissions
PostgreSQL 8.0.3 (via msi)
Installed the pl/pgsql language

I created a test database, named testdb. I created a schema called oc along with its own tablespace. The table creates OK, but the function that is going to be called by the trigger gets a syntex error on the second line, where the function is named.

My purpose is to get the last_touch field in the table to always have the timestamp when the record was inserted or updated.

Thanks for the use of your expertise. Source code follows.

--Matthe

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CREATE TABLE oc.optical
(
id serial NOT NULL,
created timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT ('now'::text)::timestamp(6) with time zone,
last_touch timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT ('now'::text)::timestamp(6) with time zone,
file varchar(30),
CONSTRAINT optical_pk PRIMARY KEY (id) USING INDEX TABLESPACE oc
)
WITHOUT OIDS TABLESPACE oc;
ALTER TABLE oc.optical OWNER TO oc;

CREATE FUNCTION
oc.upd_last_touch() <-- syntex error here
RETURNS TRIGGER AS
$upd_last_touch$
BEGIN
IF TG_NAME = 'optical_trig' THEN
UPDATE optical
SET NEW.last_touch = current_timestamp
WHERE NEW.id = id;
END IF;
END;
$upd_last_touch$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

ALTER FUNCTION oc.optical_upd() OWNER TO oc;

CREATE TRIGGER optical_trig BEFORE UPDATE ON optical
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE upd_last_touch();

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