Re: RETURN NULL in the sample of insert trigger on partitioned table

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 09:34:59AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/ddl-partitioning.html
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> Why in provided samples of "insert" triggers on partitioned table at the end
> of the triggers you provide "return NULL" not "return NEW"?
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> This causes, among other things, problems with the GET DIAGNOSTICS clause
> var = ROW_COUNT clause.

Uh, you mean measurement_insert_trigger? Returning NEW would cause the
row to be inserted into the referenced table.

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