Re: Small patch for "CREATE TRIGGER" documentation

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Small patch for "CREATE TRIGGER" documentation
Date: 2013-03-08 20:33:39
Message-ID: CA+TgmoatmtvFtHmmDuGkDjNJfRfb0=5hNAFTPp5kw5e66LPy9A@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I found this sentence somewhat confusing:
>
> "It is possible for a column's value to change even when the trigger
> is not fired,"
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/sql-createtrigger.html#SQL-CREATETRIGGER-NOTES
>
> More precise would be something along the lines "It is possible that
> changes to the
> column's value will not cause the trigger to be fired".
>
> The attached patch hopefully rewords the entire paragraph for clarity.

I guess I prefer the current version, personally.

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Robert Haas
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