create trigger question

Hi all,

at work I´m using RDB 6.2. I can create triggers with the following
command:

AFTER UPDATE OF
SIM_ICCV_L,
SIM_ICCNR_L,
START_DATUM_D,
STAT_SEIT_D,
PREISKLASSE_T
ON ent_TEILNEHMER REFERENCING OLD AS update_old NEW AS update_new
( UPDATE ent_TEILNEHMER t
SET t.update_l = update_old.update_l + 1,
t.insert_datum_d = cast(current_timestamp as date)
WHERE ent_TEILNEHMER.dbkey = t.dbkey )
FOR EACH ROW;

or:

AFTER INSERT ON ent_TEILNEHMER
(UPDATE ent_TEILNEHMER t
SET t.update_l = 1,
t.insert_datum_d = cast(current_timestamp as date)
WHERE ent_TEILNEHMER.dbkey = t.dbkey)
FOR EACH ROW;

With postgresql 6.2 or 6.3 I must use a user defined function to get the
same result.

Will there be some enhancements to triggers to use the above syntax ? I
think, RDB is more user friendly ( at least for trigger defintions)...

Bye
Andreas