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On Sunday 16 March 2008 3:32 pm, Bob Pawley wrote:
> Is there a method available for triggering a function after an update on a
> particular column in a table?
>
> The only way that I have found is to trigger after an update on the whole
> table, which of course can lead to problems.
>
> Bob

I trigger can be constrained to fire for each row. Inside the trigger function 
you can test to see if the column in question has been updated and do the 
appropriate thing. If the column has not been changed do nothing and RETURN 
NEW which makes the function non-op.
-- 
Adrian Klaver
aklaver@xxxxxxxxxxx

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