Re: 'record old is unassigned yet' when using trigger in 7.1.1

OK I tried:
create function utbl_set_statchangedate() returns opaque as '
begin
IF TG_OP = \'INSERT\' OR OLD.status <> NEW.status
THEN
NEW.statchangedate = CURRENT_DATE;
END IF;
return NEW;
end;
' language 'plpgsql';

... but that had the same problem. So then I tried:

create function utbl_set_statchangedate() returns opaque as
'begin
IF TG_OP = \'UPDATE\'
THEN
NEW.statchangedate := CURRENT_DATE;
ELSE IF OLD.status <> NEW.status
THEN
NEW.statchangedate := CURRENT_DATE;
END IF;
return NEW;
end;
' language 'plpgsql';

but now I'm getting:
NOTICE: plpgsql: ERROR during compile of utbl_set_statchangedate near
line 10
ERROR: parse error at or near ";"

Joe Conway wrote:
>
> > begin
> > IF OLD.status <> NEW.status
> > THEN
> > NEW.statchangedate = CURRENT_DATE;
> > END IF;
> > return NEW;
> > end;
> >
> > The problem is when a new row is inserted I get this error message:
> > ERROR: record old is unassigned yet
> > ... and the insert fails.
> >
> > It doesn't matter if the trigger is before or after.
>
> OLD doesn't exist on inserts, only on update and delete. If you want to use
> the same function for both insert and update use the TG_OP variable and an
> if statement. See
> http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?plpgsql-trigger.html
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Joe

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