Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-07-31 11:58:49 -0400: Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't write a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write it in a procedural language like C. So wanted some more insight on it. ~Jas Where does it say so? Do you have a

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Jasbinder Bali
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/triggers.html it says something like this: It is not currently possible to write a trigger function in the plain SQL function language. though lately I saw triggers written in pure sql in postgres ~jas On 8/1/06, Roman Neuhauser [EMAIL

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-08-01 02:35:48 -0400: On 8/1/06, Roman Neuhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-07-31 11:58:49 -0400: Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't write a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write it in a

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Chris Mair
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/triggers.html it says something like this: It is not currently possible to write a trigger function in the plain SQL function language. The whole paragraph says. It is also possible to write a trigger function in C, although most people

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-08-01 Thread Tom Lane
Chris Mair [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/triggers.html It is not currently possible to write a trigger function in the plain SQL function language. The whole paragraph says. It is also possible to write a trigger function in C, although most

[GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-07-31 Thread Jasbinder Bali
Hi,Was wondering if one can write triggers with SQL statements as we have in other RDBMS like SQL Server and oracle. Can these be written in procedural languages only?Please put some insight on what needs to be known before working with triggers in postgres. I've already read the postgres manual

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-07-31 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Jasbinder Bali wrote: Hi, Was wondering if one can write triggers with SQL statements as we have in other RDBMS like SQL Server and oracle. What would such a trigger in SQL statements look like? SQL Server has Triggers in Transact-SQL, which is just something like a pl/language. Can these be

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-07-31 Thread Jasbinder Bali
Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't write a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write it in a procedural language like C. So wanted some more insight on it. ~Jas On 7/31/06, Tino Wildenhain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jasbinder Bali wrote: Hi, Was wondering if

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers in Postgres

2006-07-31 Thread Richard Huxton
Jasbinder Bali wrote: Actually Postgres manual of triggers says that in postgres, you can't write a trigger in conventional sql. You have to write it in a procedural language like C. So wanted some more insight on it. See chapters 35 - 39 of the manual for details. In particular a discussion