Re: pl/pgsql trigger: syntax error at or near "ELSEIF"

# alban(at)magproductions(dot)nl / 2005-01-14 13:27:24 +0100:
> Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> >Hello, what is the parser trying to tell me? (7.4.2 if it matters)
> >test'# ELSEIF TG_OP = ''DELETE'' THEN
>
> You typed ELSEIF, the parser doesn't know what that means (It's either
> ELSIF or ELSE IF).

Thanks to everyone who pointed this out for me.

> >On a related note: if I replace NEW with OLD in the second UPDATE (in the
> >ELSEIF branch), I get:
> >What's wrong with that?
>
> OLD doesn't exist in INSERT triggers, only in UPDATE and DELETE
> triggers. A record in an INSERT trigger is by definition a new record,
> an old record wouldn't make sense.
>
> IMHO, it would be better to write two or three different triggers (one
> on INSERT, the other on DELETE, and maybe a third on UPDATE) than
> writing a single and trying to figure out which of those three it was in
> the trigger.

Thanks, going that route indeed solved the problem.

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