From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Albert <oo_O2_oo(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Trigger.. AFTER and BEFORE with specific column changed |
Date: | 2012-04-01 19:13:23 |
Message-ID: | 4F78A8D3.8040504@gmail.com |
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On 04/01/2012 11:45 AM, Albert wrote:
> *I'm trying to follow this :*
>
>
> CREATE TRIGGER check_update
> *BEFORE* UPDATE ON accounts
> FOR EACH ROW
> WHEN (OLD.balance IS DISTINCT FROM NEW.balance)
> EXECUTE PROCEDURE check_account_update();
>
> *but with AFTER instead of BEFORE. and I'm keep getting error on or near
> WHEN.
What is the error message?
> does that because i have to use BEFORE ? what if i need to execute the
> procedure after updating column and it has really changed.*
Depends what the procedure is doing. For more detail on what the WHEN
does in BEFORE and AFTER triggers see here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/sql-createtrigger.html
Look for the Notes section.
>
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Adrian Klaver
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