Re: Triggers on columns

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Triggers on columns
Date: 2009-09-03 11:44:53
Message-ID: 1251978293.4154.2.camel@fsopti579.F-Secure.com
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On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 16:25 +0900, Itagaki Takahiro wrote:
> I'd like to check conditions by comparing actual values but not
> a target of UPDATE statement because I think almost user expects
> the former behavior. Unmodified UPDATE-targets are common case
> if we use a framework that generates SQL statements internally.

The SQL standard specifies that a trigger is fired if the column is
mentioned in the UPDATE statement, independent of whether the value is
actually changed through the update.

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