Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Tom Lane
Chris Mair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/triggers.html >> " It is not currently possible to write a trigger function in the >> plain SQL function language. " > The whole paragraph says. > "It is also possible to write a trigger function in C, althou

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Chris Mair
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/triggers.html > > it says something like this: > > " It is not currently possible to write a trigger function in the > plain SQL function language. " The whole paragraph says. "It is also possible to write a trigger function in C, although mos

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-08-01 02:35:48 -0400: > On 8/1/06, Roman Neuhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ># [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-07-31 11:58:49 -0400: > >> Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't > >write > >> a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Jasbinder Bali
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/triggers.html   it says something like this:   " It is not currently possible to write a trigger function in the plain SQL function language. "   though lately I saw triggers written in pure sql in postgres   ~jas  On 8/1/06, Roman Neuhauser <[EMAIL PR

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-07-31 11:58:49 -0400: > Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't write > a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write it in a procedural language > like C. So wanted some more insight on it. > ~Jas Where does it say so? Do you have a

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-07-31 Thread Richard Huxton
Jasbinder Bali wrote: Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't write a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write it in a procedural language like C. So wanted some more insight on it. See chapters 35 - 39 of the manual for details. In particular a discussion

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-07-31 Thread Jasbinder Bali
Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't write a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write it in a procedural language like C. So wanted some more insight on it. ~Jas  On 7/31/06, Tino Wildenhain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jasbinder Bali wrote:> Hi,> Was wondering

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-07-31 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Jasbinder Bali wrote: > Hi, > Was wondering if one can write triggers with SQL statements as we have > in other RDBMS like SQL Server and oracle. What would such a trigger "in SQL statements" look like? SQL Server has Triggers in Transact-SQL, which is just something like a pl/language. > Can the