From: | Luca Ferrari <fluca1978(at)infinito(dot)it> |
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To: | Robert James <srobertjames(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Denormalized field |
Date: | 2013-08-19 08:28:19 |
Message-ID: | CAKoxK+5mhHy6v_L3u+A5mwA+AfQYSThDjeRq2-nDiqaA07gG9Q@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Robert James <srobertjames(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> What's the best way to do this automatically? Can this be done with
> triggers? (On UPDATE or INSERT, SET slow_function_f =
> slow_function(new_f) ) How?
>
Define a before trigger that updates your column. For instance:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_trigger() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$ BEGIN
NEW.f_field := f_function( NEW.pk ); RETURN NEW; END $$ LANGUAGE
plpgsql;
CREATE TRIGGER tr_foo BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON foo FOR EACH ROW
EXECUTE PROCEDURE f_trigger();
Of course, adjust the trigger and the trigger function to check
against some conditions (e.g., insert, update, nulls).
> Will creating an index on slow_function(f) do this?
>
You can create the index on the function result, assuming it is immutable.
Luca
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