Re: Is drop/restore trigger transactional?

Craig Ringer <ringerc@ringerc.id.au>

From: Craig Ringer <ringerc@ringerc.id.au>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
Cc: Craig James <cjames@emolecules.com>, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2012-08-08T00:29:02Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
On 08/08/2012 04:15 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> IF current_user = 'bulk_writer' THEN
>    return new;
> END IF;
> <expensive stuff>
... or re-create the trigger with a `WHEN` clause (only available in 
newer Pg versions, see CREATE TRIGGER) that excludes the migrated 
customer ID. You'd have to do it in a new tx to avoid locking the table 
for ages though.

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Craig Ringer