Re: [HACKERS] Rule system (trigger names)

From: Andreas Zeugswetter <andreas(dot)zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at>
To: "'Jan Wieck'" <jwieck(at)debis(dot)com>
Cc: "'hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Rule system (trigger names)
Date: 1998-08-14 09:06:07
Message-ID: 01BDC774.3E1E5170@zeugswettera.user.lan.at
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> possible:
>
> CREATE TRIGGER on_insert AFTER INSERT on emp
> FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE on_ins_emp();
>
> CREATE TRIGGER on_insert AFTER INSERT on payroll
> FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE on_ins_payroll();
>
> The name of the trigger is the same but the table they
> triggered for differs and they call different functions.

I think trigger names shoud be unique. Like in Informix, Oracle, DB/2.

Remember to drop a trigger, the syntax usually is:
drop trigger on_insert;

so you could safely name the function _trig_<triggername> e.g.

Andreas

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