我需要写入插入或更新触发器,但是在WHEN条件下使用比较OLD和NEW行.
根据文档,对于插入操作,OLD为null.如何在INSERT和UPDATE触发器的WHEN条件下使用OLD?
示例触发器:
CREATE TRIGGER mytrigger BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON "mytable" FOR EACH ROW WHEN (NEW.score > 0 AND OLD.score <> NEW.score) EXECUTE PROCEDURE mytrigger();
但是对于插入OLD是null.
解决方法
选项A:
您可以更改代码,使条件位于触发器功能中,而不是触发器本身.使用此方法,OLD将仅在UPDATE中使用.
触发:
CREATE TRIGGER mytrigger BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON "mytable" FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE mytrigger();
触发功能:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION mytrigger() RETURNS trigger AS $BODY$ begin if NEW.score > 0 then --code for Insert if (TG_OP = 'INSERT') then YOUR CODE end if; --code for update if (TG_OP = 'UPDATE') then if OLD.score <> NEW.score then -- (if score can be null see @voytech comment to this post) YOUR CODE end if; end if; end if; return new; end; $BODY$ LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
选项B:
正如Thilo建议写两个共享相同触发函数的触发器.
触发器:
CREATE TRIGGER mytrigger1 BEFORE INSERT ON "mytable" FOR EACH ROW WHEN NEW.score > 0 EXECUTE PROCEDURE mytrigger(); CREATE TRIGGER mytrigger2 BEFORE UPDATE ON "mytable" FOR EACH ROW WHEN (NEW.score > 0 AND OLD.score <> NEW.score) EXECUTE PROCEDURE mytrigger();
触发功能:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION mytrigger() RETURNS trigger AS $BODY$ begin YOUR CODE return new; end; $BODY$ LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE