Re: trigger functions broken?

On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 20:56 +0200, A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am Wed, dem 08.10.2008, um 14:29:23 -0400 mailte Alvaro Herrera folgendes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Trigger functions are supposed to be able to be called only as triggers,
> > but apparently the check is not working in CVS HEAD:
> >
> > alvherre=# create or replace function foo () returns trigger as $$ begin perform 1; return new; end; $$ language plpgsql;
> > CREATE FUNCTION
> > alvherre=# select foo();
> > foo
> > -----
> >
> > (1 fila)
>
>
> And?
>
> The function returns a TRIGGER, not a value.

Can you do anything with this TRIGGER value ?

pl/python's approach seems saner to me:

hannu=# create or replace function foo () returns trigger as
$$ return $$
language plpythonu;
CREATE FUNCTION
hannu=# select foo ();
ERROR: trigger functions can only be called as triggers

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Hannu