On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I can write a trigger >> function that does the right thing, with 'INSERT ... RETURNING >> person_id INTO ...', but Postgres will not let me add an INSERT >> trigger to a view; it says 'ERROR: "studentinfo" is not a table'. > > Got a short example of what you've tried so far?
create function ins_st() returns trigger as $$ declare id integer; begin insert into person (...) values (NEW....) returning person_id into id; insert into student (person_id, ...) values (id, NEW....); end; $$ language plpgsql; create trigger ins_student before insert on studentinfo for each row execute procedure ins_st(); ERROR: "studentinfo" is not a table Mike -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general