am Tue, dem 27.11.2007, um 10:38:09 +0100 mailte Christian Rengstl folgendes: > Hi list, > > act = 'DELETION of row with id: ' || OLD.id; > act = 'UPDATE OF ' || field || ' with id: ' || > ... > INSERT INTO history(aennam, action, table_name) VALUES(current_user, > act, tab); > > Now the problem is that a tuple gets added to the table history, but > the field "action" (whatever the user did) is 99% empty, whereas the > others are filled and I don't see why... > > Any hint is greatly appreciated Maybe sometime the concateneted fields (e.g. field, OLD.id) contains NULL-values. If so, the complete string 'act' will be NULL. Solution: use coalesce(field,''). Hope that helps. Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend