Re: statement level triggers in PostgreSQL , anybody??

This has nothing to do with triggers, it has to do with not being able
to defer UNIQUE constraints. The classic solution is:

update SET column = -column;
update SET column = -column+1;

The problem is that you're trying to update the primary key, which is a
bad idea is most situations.

On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 06:28:08AM -0700, rama wrote:
> Hi,
>      I am a bit troubled with the row-level triggers which PostgreSQL
> uses when using update table cpmmand.
>      For instance, if the primary key column has values 1,2,3,... and
> i want to update the whole column as column = colunm + 1 , then there
> is an error. This obviously works on databases such as mssql which has
> row level triggers.
>      Any suggestions so that i do not have to modify the query and
> still make it work in the postgresql database ??
>
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