Hello 2011/5/6 Josh Kupershmidt <schmi...@gmail.com>: > [Moving to -docs] > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hello >> >> one czech user reported a bug in documentation - >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/plpgsql-trigger.html >> >> NEW >> >> Data type RECORD; variable holding the new database row for >> INSERT/UPDATE operations in row-level triggers. This variable is NULL >> in statement-level triggers and for DELETE operations. >> OLD >> >> Data type RECORD; variable holding the old database row for >> UPDATE/DELETE operations in row-level triggers. This variable is NULL >> in statement-level triggers and for INSERT operations. >> >> It isn't correct. NEW is not declared in DELETE trigger, OLD isn't >> declared in INSERT > > If I've understood you correctly, the problem is that the docs claim > that the variables are defined with a value of NULL, when in fact they > are undefined. For example, if you try to use variable NEW in a delete > trigger, you'll get an error message like: > | ERROR: record "new" is not assigned yet > | DETAIL: The tuple structure of a not-yet-assigned record is indeterminate. > > How about a doc tweak like the attached?
it is correct Regards Pavel Stehule > > Josh > -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
