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On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 01:41:29PM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote:
> Is there a way to avoid trigger self-recursion?
> In other words, update a table and have the trigger update another row in
> the same table without calling the same trigger?

No, although generally it's a sign of a coding problem. If you're
trying to change values being updated, you should be assigning to NEW,
not executing another UPDATE. If you're really recursing, there should
be an obvious way to know where you're done...
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