Re: lo_manage trigger on updates

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the doc section about using lo_manage() as a trigger:
>   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/lo.html
>
> could have its example tweaked to use a column-level BEFORE UPDATE
> trigger, so as to save unnecessary trigger firings. Something like the
> attached, perhaps?

Uh, wow.  That syntax is horribly surprising, isn't it?  My eyes want
to parse it as:

BEFORE (UPDATE OF raster) OR (DELETE ON image)

...which is totally wrong.

I'm inclined to think that maybe we should leave that example as-is,
and maybe add the variant you're proposing as a second example,
showing how the basic version can be refined.

> On a similar note, the warning on that page about truncates could be
> softened if we extended the lo_manage() function to handle truncates,
> and set it up as on ON TRUNCATE trigger as well.

Patch?  :-)

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