On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:53:51AM -0800, Norman J. Clarke wrote: > Hello, > > I am attempting to write a trigger function or rule in pl/pgsql that runs > on UPDATE to a table named "nodes". From inside this trigger, I would like > to UPDATE the same "nodes" table. How can I do this without entering into > an endless loop? What I did is add a no_update bool to the table and test: if new.no_update = true then new.no_update = false; else <do your update here> new.no_update = true; endif -- Jesus is coming! Everyone look busy! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly