On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, C G wrote: > Is there a way to use locks within a trigger? My example below gives the > error:
It's not the lock that's the problem I think. The begin work is failing because you can't start a transaction inside the function. Were you trying to release the lock at the commit in the function? > CREATE FUNCTION insert_into_t1() RETURNS trigger AS' > DECLARE > set_qry text; > BEGIN > > set_qry:=''BEGIN WORK''; > execute set_qry; > LOCK t1; > INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (11); > COMMIT; > RETURN NEW; > END; > ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' SECURITY DEFINER; ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]