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PostgreSQL Server Programming

You're reading from   PostgreSQL Server Programming Take your skills with PostgreSQL to a whole new level with this fascinating guide to server programming. A step by step approach with illuminating examples will educate you in the full range of possibilities.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849516983
Length 264 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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PostgreSQL Server Programming
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. What Is a PostgreSQL Server? 2. Server Programming Environment FREE CHAPTER 3. Your First PL/pgSQL Function 4. Returning Structured Data 5. PL/pgSQL Trigger Functions 6. Debugging PL/pgSQL 7. Using Unrestricted Languages 8. Writing Advanced Functions in C 9. Scaling Your Database with PL/Proxy 10. Publishing Your Code as PostgreSQL Extensions Index

Variables passed to the PL/pgSQL TRIGGER function


The following is a complete list of variables available to a trigger function written in PL/pgSQL:

OLD, NEW

RECORD

before and after images of the row the trigger is called on. OLD is unassigned for INSERT and NEW is unassigned for DELETE.

Both are UNASSIGNED in statement-level triggers.

TG_NAME

name

The name of the trigger (this and following from the trigger definition).

TG_WHEN

text

One of BEFORE, AFTER, or INSTEAD OF.

TG_LEVEL

text

ROW or STATEMENT.

TG_OP

text

One of INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, or TRUNCATE.

TG_RELID

oid

OID of the table the trigger is created on.

TG_TABLE_NAME

name

The name of the table (old spelling TG_RELNAME is deprecated but still available).

TG_TABLE_SCHEMA

name

The schema name of the table.

TG_NARGS, TG_ARGV[]

Int, text[]

Number of arguments and the array of the arguments from trigger definition.

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