Pepe TD Vo <pepevo@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > good morning experts,I have a trigger before insert (even with or update) and seem it doesnt' work. The function simply sets both columns named mig_filename to "unknown if its null, and mig_insert_dt to current timestample for each row passed to the trigger. > here is my script even I take all the rest out and just simple function with new.mig_insert_dt := localtimestamp; It looks like the RETURN NEW is inside the exception handler recovery block, which is not where you want it. When I run this example I get ERROR: control reached end of trigger procedure without RETURN CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "ECISDRDM"."TRIGGER_FCT_TR_STG_APPLICATION_CDIM_INS"() So there is something seriously wrong with however you are testing this, if you failed to notice that. regards, tom lane