Rodrigo Gonzalez wrote: > I am almost sure you've defined a BEFORE trigger and > you need and AFTER trigger, so it's fired after commiting. No - I am definitely using an AFTER trigger. Following is a simplified version of what I am trying to do. /* messages - log messages */ CREATE TABLE messages (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, time TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, severity_level INTEGER NOT NULL, severity TEXT NOT NULL, /* ENUM('Info','Warning','Critical') */ facility CHAR(10) NOT NULL, msg TEXT NOT NULL); CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION message_alert() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $message_alert$ BEGIN PERFORM send_mesg('notify_channel', 'DB:Log:' || NEW.id || ':'); RETURN NULL; END; $message_alert$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; CREATE TRIGGER message_alert AFTER INSERT ON messages FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE message_alert(); I have a Python program which is waiting on the message being sent via send_mesg(). The message is received correctly but if I do an immediate "SELECT msg FROM messages WHERE id=<the message id that came via the send_msg() call>;" then it returns a NULL set. If I put a small sleep between receiving the message and doing the select then I get the data. What I want to do is to guarantee that the row is available for selection prior to sending the message. Mark IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general