Order of triggers and sequences...

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From: Alex Mayrhofer <axelm(at)nona(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Order of triggers and sequences...
Date: 2006-04-29 12:34:16
Message-ID: 44535D48.7040503@nona.net
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Hi,

i'm about to implement a trigger on a table with an id field populated by a
sequence (the usual 'id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY').

Just a short (probably lame) question: Would a "BEFORE INSERT" row level
trigger already see a populated 'id' column, or would that happen after all
triggers on the actual insert?

thanks,

Alex


From: Terry Lee Tucker <terry(at)esc1(dot)com>
To: Alex Mayrhofer <axelm(at)nona(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Order of triggers and sequences...
Date: 2006-04-29 12:42:55
Message-ID: 200604290842.55618.terry@esc1.com
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On Saturday 29 April 2006 08:34 am, Alex Mayrhofer <axelm(at)nona(dot)net> thus
communicated:
--> Hi,
-->
--> i'm about to implement a trigger on a table with an id field populated by
a --> sequence (the usual 'id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY').
-->
--> Just a short (probably lame) question: Would a "BEFORE INSERT" row level
--> trigger already see a populated 'id' column, or would that happen after
all --> triggers on the actual insert?
-->
--> thanks,
-->
--> Alex
-->

In my experience, all the triggers see all the data all the time in varying
combinations of the OLD and NEW buffers.