Re: Default on update

> Quoting Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>:
> lucas@presserv.org wrote:
>> Hi.
>> Is there a way to create "default" constraint on UPDATE query.
>> It's becouse I have a bool field that may NOT support NULL value, but the
>> Front-End calls null for FALSE values.
>
> Sounds like your frontend is broken.
>
Yes, it is. But I have no access to the front-end. I will send it to the
programmer.

>> I was thinking something like:
>>  create table table1 (
>>   id serial primary key,
>>   bv bool default false not null
>>  );
>> I would want to replace "bv" values with FALSE when insert/update 
>> NULL value for
>> this field.
>
> You could do this by having the application insert to a view with a 
> rule that replaces null bv values before redirecting to the base 
> table.
Is more functional to create a Rule instead of a trigger?

>
>> Or need I create a TRIGGER that check it and replace the itens???
>> CREATE or REPLACE function TG_table1_check RETURNS trigger as '
>>  BEGIN
>>   IF nullvalue(NEW.bv) THEN
>
> IF NEW.bv IS NULL THEN
>
What is the difference between nullvalue() and IS NULL???

>>    NEW.bv=FALSE;
>>   END IF;
>>  END;
>> ' language 'plpgsql'; CREATE TRIGGER TG_table1_check BEFORE UPDATE 
>> on table1 for
>> each row execute procedure tg_table1_check();
>
> To make the trigger work you'll have to relax the "NOT NULL" on 
> column "bv" otherwise PG's type-checks will raise an error. Oh, and 
> then make sure the trigger is called before INSERT too.
>
Okay.

>> Other question: I have a lot of triggers in my db system, I have 
>> table that has
>> 5/6 triggers, many triggers are simple (like the tg_table1_check), any are
>> complex... Is it a problem??? My tests are with few regs and run fine. Where
>> can I read more about triggers and performance?
>
> Triggers behave exactly as you'd expect. For every row (or statement) 
> the function gets executed. Difficult to say what effect they'll have 
> on performance without testing with your actual setup.
>
Ok, I will test with more records.
Thank you.