Thom Brown <t...@linux.com> writes: > I've got a question regarding the function signatures required for > command triggers, and apologies if it's already been discussed to > death (I didn't see all the original conversations around this). > These differ from regular trigger functions which don't require any > arguments, and instead use special variables. Why aren't we doing the > same for command triggers? So instead of having the parameters
Basically so that we don't have to special code support for each and every language out there. > Disadvantages are that there's more maintenance overhead for > supporting multiple languages using special variables. Lots of, so I've been told, enough of it for not taking this choice seriously. I'll admit I didn't personally looked at what it would entail implementation wise. Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers