From 9e84cccff28e52ab76aa3d3e88bd815dc36d24d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:21:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add doc example of restricting large object trigger firing to only updates of the column of interest. --- doc/src/sgml/lo.sgml | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/lo.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/lo.sgml index 3d56ba3f70a..0c11fdc20aa 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/lo.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/lo.sgml @@ -76,7 +76,15 @@ CREATE TRIGGER t_raster BEFORE UPDATE OR DELETE ON image <para> For each column that will contain unique references to large objects, create a <literal>BEFORE UPDATE OR DELETE</> trigger, and give the column - name as the sole trigger argument. If you need multiple <type>lo</> + name as the sole trigger argument. You can also restrict the trigger + to only execute on updates to the column with: + +<programlisting> +CREATE TRIGGER t_raster BEFORE UPDATE OF raster OR DELETE ON image + FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE lo_manage(raster); +</programlisting> + + If you need multiple <type>lo</> columns in the same table, create a separate trigger for each one, remembering to give a different name to each trigger on the same table. </para> -- GitLab