On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 6:36 AM Marcos Pegoraro <marcos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe converting new and old records to json and textPERFORM * FROM (select ID, row_to_json(O.*)::text Old_Values, row_to_json(N.*)::text New_Values from old_table o full outer join new_table N using(ID) where Old_Values is distinct from New_Values) as differences LIMIT 1;
I have done this, but with casting to jsonb, which already supports the equality operator. Saved an extra cast to text. Also allows for easily excluding a column or two before comparing.
I never noticed a performance problem, but I was using this technique to see if a row had substantively changed, and if so, to cancel the write and subsequent trigger invocations by returning NULL in the before-trigger.
The trade off of conversions to jsonb by not writing and performing subsequent processing/writes due to later triggers was an obvious win for me, but your mileage may vary depending on your use case.
