Re: working on support triggers on columns

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: working on support triggers on columns
Date: 2004-07-03 11:12:02
Message-ID: 40E69482.1050707@familyhealth.com.au
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> Glad to see this is being handled by someone. Other things
> of the top of my head:
>
> Add support for psql to display the information.

For that he needs to update pg_get_triggerdef() in
src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c He should probably also check pg_dump
support for them.

> Add support
> for tab-completion if needed. *Update all relevant documentation.*
> Consider a mechanism for adding or dropping columns (e.g.
> ALTER TRIGGER). Handle dropped columns (via ALTER TABLE)
> gracefully.

Not necessary ISTM - there's no way to alter existing triggers, and I
don't see why we should bother with adding a command just for this.

Chris

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