I have a complex trigger function that I wish to break out into multiple sub functions. The trigger would call the master function and the master function would have logic in it to decide which sub function to call. This is as far as I've gotten:
create table dbo.thing (thingid int);
create table dbo.thingtwo (thingid int);
create or replace function dbo.tf2(thingid int) returns void as $$
insert into dbo.thingtwo values (thingid);
$$ language sql;
create or replace function dbo.tf1() returns trigger as $thinginsert$
begin
perform dbo.tf2(new.thingid);
return null;
end;
$thinginsert$ language plpgsql;
create trigger thinginsert
after insert on dbo.thing
for each row execute procedure dbo.tf1();
The problem is I want to pass the entire new.*
into the second trigger function, not just some columns. Ultimately there would be conditional logic in dbo.tf1()
to decide whether to go dbo.tf2()
or dbo.tf3()
etc.
How can I make this work?
I'm using Postgres 12.8.
Best Answer
Inside a trigger on the table
thing
,NEW
is of the composite typething
that has the same attribute names and data types as the table columns. So,Fiddle.
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