Re: doc issues in event-trigger-matrix.html

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-03-21T22:10:37Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> On 21 Mar 2024, at 22:47, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
> 
> On 19.03.24 10:34, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>>>> "Only for local objects"
>>>> is there any reference explaining "local objects"?
>>>> I think local object means objects that only affect one single database?
>> That's a bigger problem than the table representation, we never define what
>> "local object" mean anywhere in the EVT docs.  EV's are global for a database,
>> but not a cluster, so I assume what this means is that EVs for non-DDL commands
>> like COMMENT can only fire for a specific relation they are attached to and not
>> database wide?
> 
> I think we could replace this whole table by a few definitions:

Simply extending the "Overview of Event Trigger Behavior" section slightly
might even be enough?

> If tomorrow someone changes ... will they remember to update this table?

Highly unlikely.

--
Daniel Gustafsson




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  1. doc: Remove event trigger firing matrix