Re: Trigger problem, record "new" is not assigned yet

From: Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Trigger problem, record "new" is not assigned yet
Date: 2011-02-10 15:03:03
Message-ID: AANLkTinMZPQ7ryVPS+1HDL86qdLABC-RyD1UOsDX7k5F@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:38 AM, A B <gentosaker(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> CREATE TRIGGER trigger_foo BEFORE INSERT ON foo for each row EXECUTE
> PROCEDURE trigger_foo();
>
> gives me the same error.
>

Maybe "NEW" needs to be all caps? Also, with the BEFORE trigger,
you'll need to RETURN NEW.

This trigger of mine works just fine as a before trigger, FWIW:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION sessions_update_lastuse() RETURNS TRIGGER
AS $$
BEGIN
NEW.lastuse = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
RETURN NEW;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

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