PostgreSQL provides these helper functions to retrieve information from event triggers.
For more information about event triggers, see Chapter 38.
pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands
() →setof record
pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands
returns a list of DDL commands executed by each user action, when invoked in a function attached to a ddl_command_end
event trigger. If called in any other context, an error is raised. pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands
returns one row for each base command executed; some commands that are a single SQL sentence may return more than one row. This function returns the following columns:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
classid |
oid |
OID of catalog the object belongs in |
objid |
oid |
OID of the object itself |
objsubid |
integer |
Sub-object ID (e.g., attribute number for a column) |
command_tag |
text |
Command tag |
object_type |
text |
Type of the object |
schema_name |
text |
Name of the schema the object belongs in, if any; otherwise NULL . No quoting is applied. |
object_identity |
text |
Text rendering of the object identity, schema-qualified. Each identifier included in the identity is quoted if necessary. |
in_extension |
boolean |
True if the command is part of an extension script |
command |
pg_ddl_command |
A complete representation of the command, in internal format. This cannot be output directly, but it can be passed to other functions to obtain different pieces of information about the command. |
pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects
() →setof record
pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects
returns a list of all objects dropped by the command in whose sql_drop
event it is called. If called in any other context, an error is raised. This function returns the following columns:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
classid |
oid |
OID of catalog the object belonged in |
objid |
oid |
OID of the object itself |
objsubid |
integer |
Sub-object ID (e.g., attribute number for a column) |
original |
boolean |
True if this was one of the root object(s) of the deletion |
normal |
boolean |
True if there was a normal dependency relationship in the dependency graph leading to this object |
is_temporary |
boolean |
True if this was a temporary object |
object_type |
text |
Type of the object |
schema_name |
text |
Name of the schema the object belonged in, if any; otherwise NULL . No quoting is applied. |
object_name |
text |
Name of the object, if the combination of schema and name can be used as a unique identifier for the object; otherwise NULL . No quoting is applied, and name is never schema-qualified. |
object_identity |
text |
Text rendering of the object identity, schema-qualified. Each identifier included in the identity is quoted if necessary. |
address_names |
text[] |
An array that, together with object_type and address_args , can be used by the pg_get_object_address function to recreate the object address in a remote server containing an identically named object of the same kind. |
address_args |
text[] |
Complement for address_names |
The pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects
function can be used in an event trigger like this:
CREATE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_for_drops() RETURNS event_trigger LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$ DECLARE obj record; BEGIN FOR obj IN SELECT * FROM pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects() LOOP RAISE NOTICE '% dropped object: % %.% %', tg_tag, obj.object_type, obj.schema_name, obj.object_name, obj.object_identity; END LOOP; END; $$; CREATE EVENT TRIGGER test_event_trigger_for_drops ON sql_drop EXECUTE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_for_drops();
The functions shown in Table 9.108 provide information about a table for which a table_rewrite
event has just been called. If called in any other context, an error is raised.
Table 9.108. Table Rewrite Information Functions
These functions can be used in an event trigger like this:
CREATE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid() RETURNS event_trigger LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$ BEGIN RAISE NOTICE 'rewriting table % for reason %', pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid()::regclass, pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_reason(); END; $$; CREATE EVENT TRIGGER test_table_rewrite_oid ON table_rewrite EXECUTE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid();
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