Re: [GENERAL] Trigger/Rules Order of operations

2008-12-16 Thread Emanuel Calvo Franco
2008/12/15 Ketema Harris : > I am interested in finding out the pros, cons, pitfalls of using the > following design: > > Manual insert into Table A. > Table A has a BEFORE INSERT trigger that causes an insert to table B. > Table B has an AFTER INSERT trigger that causes an insert back to table A >

Re: [GENERAL] Trigger/Rules Order of operations

2008-12-16 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 16/12/2008 16:26, Ketema wrote: > automatically after certain input. In analyzing the task I saw two > main paths. Use the trigger and rule system that Pg provides or > construct external methods to control the logic and issue "simple" > commands to insert data when appropriate. I chose to us

Re: [GENERAL] Trigger/Rules Order of operations

2008-12-16 Thread Ketema
On Dec 16, 10:31 am, Ivan Pavlov wrote: > I can't answer your question but I think you may have a serious > database design issue at hand. > Why not try to accomplish your goals in a simpler way? > > Regards, > Ivan Pavlov > > On Dec 15, 12:49 pm, ket...@ketema.net (Ketema Harris) wrote: > > > I a

Re: [GENERAL] Trigger/Rules Order of operations

2008-12-16 Thread Ivan Pavlov
I can't answer your question but I think you may have a serious database design issue at hand. Why not try to accomplish your goals in a simpler way? Regards, Ivan Pavlov On Dec 15, 12:49 pm, ket...@ketema.net (Ketema Harris) wrote: > I am interested in finding out the pros, cons, pitfalls of us

[GENERAL] Trigger/Rules Order of operations

2008-12-15 Thread Ketema Harris
I am interested in finding out the pros, cons, pitfalls of using the following design: Manual insert into Table A. Table A has a BEFORE INSERT trigger that causes an insert to table B. Table B has an AFTER INSERT trigger that causes an insert back to table A (With different criteria not an en