Mike Ginsburg <mginsburg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [...] > Thanks for the help! I'll look into the exceptions to see > how expensive they are. On a related note, I was just told > by our sysadmins that pg 8.4 might not be installed by the > time this needs to be rolled out, leaving me in a bind since > I have been using "EXECUTE ... USING" queries. A sample of > my trigger is below: > FOR colRow IN SELECT attname FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute > WHERE attnum >> 0 AND attrelid = TG_RELID LOOP > EXECUTE 'SELECT ($1).' || colRow.attname || '::text' INTO n USING NEW; > EXECUTE 'SELECT ($1).' || colRow.attname || '::text' INTO o USING OLD; > IF n <> o THEN > q := 'INSERT INTO change_log (...) VALUES (...); > EXECUTE q; > END IF; > END LOOP; > Any insight on a way I can grab NEW.(colRow.attname) without EXECUTE USING? Wouldn't it be *much* easier to just have /two/ trigger functions? Your "editor" columns probably don't pop up and disappear randomly. Tim -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
