I'd like to ensure that nobody provide the ID in an insert statement when the id is linked to a sequence.
I tried it with a trigger, but the id value is fed before the "BEFORE INSERT" test is performed (see below)...
Any Idea ?
Cheers,
Marc
CREATE FUNCTION serialtest() RETURNS trigger AS $serialtest$
BEGIN
-- Check that the id is provided
IF NEW.id IS NOT NULL THEN
RAISE EXCEPTION 'id will be set from a sequence; do not provide it!';
END IF;
RETURN NEW;
END;
$serialtest$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
CREATE TABLE test_table
(
id serial primary key,
foo int
);
CREATE TRIGGER test BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON test_table
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE serialtest();
insert into test_table(foo)values(1);
ERROR: id will be set from a sequence; do not provide it!
SQL state: P0001