Re: Trigger Function question

From: Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
To: DAVID ROTH <adaptron(at)comcast(dot)net>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Trigger Function question
Date: 2023-07-10 18:31:37
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> On Jul 10, 2023, at 11:29, DAVID ROTH <adaptron(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote:
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> I want to use a single trigger function to log multiple tables and the tables have different columns. I can get the names of the columns from the catalog. But I have not been able to figure out how to get NEW.x when x is not known until run time.

Unless you only want to log a subset of rows from each table, it's not required that you get the specific columns. Here's an example of how to do a generic auditing trigger:

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Audit_trigger

If it's supported on your platform, you might also look at the pg_audit extension.

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