On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:52:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanks. Triggers was my first thought, but chapter 35 on Triggers didn't > > really indicate a way I could do this easily and scared me with a lot of > > c code. > > Yeah. This is a documentation issue that's bothered me for awhile. > The problem is that we treat the PL languages as add-ons and therefore > the documentation of the "core" system shouldn't rely on them ... but > that leaves us presenting C-code triggers as the only examples in > chapter 35. There is a paragraph in there suggesting you go look at > the PL languages first, but obviously it's not getting the job done.
Chapter 35 is plpgsql.. do you mean chapter 32.4? > Anybody have a better idea? What about a See Also section ala man pages that links to trigger info for other languages? -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
