On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 08:45:44AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 21 lines which said:
> I am concerned about how reliable is an before insert trigger, i > made some computation in my trigger and i want that no matter what > happens inside the trigger (exceptions, erros, divide by zero, etc) > , the row must be inserted, I do not think that pl/pgsql has exception handlers (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/plpgsql-errors-and-messages.html). You can raise exceptions but not catch them. Could you rewrite your trigger function with another programming language? In Python, it would be something like (not tested): try: ... your computations finally: # Insert anyway return "OK" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
