Re: Trigger definition . . . puzzled

Thanks Tom,

Yes, this is an inheritance set-up. But actually no: I am executing all
my data changes against the parent table, and want the trigger on that
parent table to fire for an insert on the parent table as it does. But
I also want the trigger to fire when an update on the parent table is
executed, and this does not happen.

Rolf

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Rolf A. de By" <deby(at)itc(dot)nl> writes:
>
>> Thanks for that. There is some misunderstanding here. For this example,
>> I had taken the sting out of my trigger function and turned it into a
>> much more concise no-op, with warnings. The actual code of my original
>> trigger function is irrelevant. The no-op trigger function displays the
>> same strange behaviour: it works as expected for INSERTs, but not for
>> UPDATEs. The update goes through! And it shouldn't.
>>
>
> Reading between the lines, I gather you have an inheritance setup and
> are expecting a trigger on the parent table to fire for events occurring
> in the child tables. Doesn't work like that; you need to put triggers
> on the child tables.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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