I'm trying to write a trigger that updates a date_changed field on a
record anytime that record is updated.  I have a function written, and
the trigger created, but everytime I update the record, I get a
recursion limit error.  It appears that the action performed by my
trigger is causing the trigger to fire.  How do I avoid that.  For the
record, here's my function (modeled after a trigger that works on SQL
Server.  I'm pretty much a noob with plpgsql :)
 
declare begin 
    update unit_specification set date_changed = now() from
unit_specification us where us.id = NEW.id;  
    RETURN NEW; 
end;
 
With the trigger created with
 
CREATE TRIGGER update_changed_ts AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE
   ON unit_specification FOR EACH ROW
   EXECUTE PROCEDURE public.update_unit_spec_changed_date();

Thanks for the help. :)
 
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Jason Lee, SCJP
Senior Software Engineer
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