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Re: Own messages for constraints?

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On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 07:08:41PM +0100, hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> On 3/19/07, Jeff Davis <pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >You can use an AFTER trigger instead of a CHECK constraint (but that may
> >have a performance impact - test for your application).
> 
> are you sure you meant AFTER? why? generally data-checks should be in
> before triggers. i guess.

In an AFTER trigger you can be sure you're seeing what actually got
inserted. In a BEFORE trigger other triggers after you could still
modify the data...

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
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