Event Trigger question

From: ProPAAS DBA <dba(at)propaas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Event Trigger question
Date: 2017-07-14 00:32:47
Message-ID: 50ad28c7-6415-9f72-d7eb-9089ece4d1d3@propaas.com
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Hi All;

we are creating an event trigger on ddl_command_end and I want the
function to know the TABLE and COMMAND run, for example if the ddl
command was an "ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN X" then I want to pull the table
and the actual alter command. We're running version 9.4 so the
pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands function is not available.

I see in the 9.4 docs that the variable tg_tag is used, and I see some
references to tg_event

I assume we can pass ALTER TABLE as the filter value like so:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION trap_alter_statements() RETURNS event_trigger
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$ BEGIN RAISE EXCEPTION 'command %', tg_tag; END;
$$; CREATE EVENT TRIGGER abort_ddl ON ddl_command_start WHEN TAG IN
'ALTER TABLE' EXECUTE PROCEDURE trap_alter_statements(); Questions: 1)
is the above "WHEN TAG IN 'ALTER TABLE'" correct? 2) where can I find a
complete list of the tg_ variables? I see this list:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/plpgsql-trigger.html which
includes TG_NAME. OLD, NEW, etc but tg_tag and tg_event are not in the
list. Are there other variables I can reference? 3) which specific
variable will show me (a) the full command run and (b) the table name?
Thanks in advance

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