On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 06:30, Josi Perez (3T Systems) <josiperez3t@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To avoid to delete registers I created one trigger activated "before delete" > with lines like that: > UPDATE tableX set dtExc = 'now', userExc = current_user where idTableX = > OLD.idTableX; > return NULL; > > but, I need do the same for many tables and I don't catch how. > I created an sql variable to construct the update command using parameters > on trigger > qry := 'UPDATE '||arg_table||' set userexc = ' > ||chr(39)||current_user||chr(39)||', dtalt = '||'''now'''||' where ' || > arg_id ||' = OLD.'||TG_ARGV[1]; > > but when "EXECUTE qry" I lost the OLD.variable. Yeah, when the update runs its not running under pgpsql so referencing OLD wont work. Try something like (note completely untested): qry := 'UPDATE '|| quote_ident(arg_table) || ' SET userexc = current_user, dtalt = now() where '|| quote_literal(arg_id) ||' = '|| quote_literal(OLD.TG_ARGV[1]) ||';'; -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin