On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 02:00:58PM -0800, JonXP wrote: > I have a table that contains a nested set (using paths), and I'm > trying to create a trigger that updates the timestamps of a node and > all of its parents on a modification. Unfortunately, this is causing > infinitely recurring triggers. > > The insert occurs, which fires the trigger, which then updates all of > the parent rows, which then fires the trigger again for each update, > which recurses yet again. You can disable triggers on a table but it's definitly not recommended (deadlock prone) but it seems to me that if when the trigger is fired it only updates its parent everything should work, right? As it recurses up the tree eventually it reaches the end, surely? Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. > -- John F Kennedy
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