Re: Need help with trigger

On 23-01-2021 18:17, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Saturday, January 23, 2021, Condor <condor(at)stz-bg(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hello ppl,
>>
>> I need help with trigger how to replace insert command with update.
>> External program read data from one table and in every 30 min I need
>> to refresh data in arhive table.
>> What I want is: if data already inserted and end_date is not
>> changed, only to update lastseen column. If data not exists to
>> insert data and if data exists and end_date is changed
>> to update end_date, lastseen and sendto columns. Well, update
>> probably will never happened, this functionality is left for
>> frontend but its can be cut off.
>
> Seems like an insert on conflict would be simpler. Otherwise, what is
> your question or concern?
>
> David J.

This was my first approach, but as the sample data I provide, end_date
will always be updated not only if it is changed and my goal is to have
no meaningless records. My question is there a way to update the trigger
instead of inserting.

HS