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Re: Table rewrite supporting functions for event triggers

Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>

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From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-09-11T14:14:27Z
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 2:00 AM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:

> Putting the documentation change aside for a bit, could it be better
> to redesign this function and return a text value rather than an
> integer?  We could directly return the names, minus "AT_REWRITE_", for
> instance.
>

 I dunno - so would we smush them together and return something like:

"ALTER_PERSISTENCE and COLUMN_REWRITE"

That would be a step backwards for anyone possibly using that integer
programatically to (for example) give a pretty user-facing message about
why the event was triggered.

Cheers,
Greg

Commits

  1. doc: Add better description for rewrite functions in event triggers