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Here is a very simple example of a trigger function written in C.
The function trigf
reports the number of rows in the
table ttest and skips the actual operation if the
command attempts to insert a null value into the column
x. (So the trigger acts as a not-null constraint but
doesn't abort the transaction.)
First, the table definition:
CREATE TABLE ttest ( x integer );
This is the source code of the trigger function:
#include "postgres.h" #include "executor/spi.h" /* this is what you need to work with SPI */ #include "commands/trigger.h" /* ... and triggers */ extern Datum trigf(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS); PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(trigf); Datum trigf(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) { TriggerData *trigdata = (TriggerData *) fcinfo->context; TupleDesc tupdesc; HeapTuple rettuple; char *when; bool checknull = false; bool isnull; int ret, i; /* make sure it's called as a trigger at all */ if (!CALLED_AS_TRIGGER(fcinfo)) elog(ERROR, "trigf: not called by trigger manager"); /* tuple to return to executor */ if (TRIGGER_FIRED_BY_UPDATE(trigdata->tg_event)) rettuple = trigdata->tg_newtuple; else rettuple = trigdata->tg_trigtuple; /* check for null values */ if (!TRIGGER_FIRED_BY_DELETE(trigdata->tg_event) && TRIGGER_FIRED_BEFORE(trigdata->tg_event)) checknull = true; if (TRIGGER_FIRED_BEFORE(trigdata->tg_event)) when = "before"; else when = "after "; tupdesc = trigdata->tg_relation->rd_att; /* connect to SPI manager */ if ((ret = SPI_connect()) < 0) elog(INFO, "trigf (fired %s): SPI_connect returned %d", when, ret); /* get number of rows in table */ ret = SPI_exec("SELECT count(*) FROM ttest", 0); if (ret < 0) elog(NOTICE, "trigf (fired %s): SPI_exec returned %d", when, ret); /* count(*) returns int8, so be careful to convert */ i = DatumGetInt64(SPI_getbinval(SPI_tuptable->vals[0], SPI_tuptable->tupdesc, 1, &isnull)); elog (INFO, "trigf (fired %s): there are %d rows in ttest", when, i); SPI_finish(); if (checknull) { SPI_getbinval(rettuple, tupdesc, 1, &isnull); if (isnull) rettuple = NULL; } return PointerGetDatum(rettuple); }
After you have compiled the source code, declare the function and the triggers:
CREATE FUNCTION trigf() RETURNS trigger AS 'filename' LANGUAGE C; CREATE TRIGGER tbefore BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON ttest FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigf(); CREATE TRIGGER tafter AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON ttest FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigf();
Now you can test the operation of the trigger:
=> INSERT INTO ttest VALUES (NULL); INFO: trigf (fired before): there are 0 rows in ttest INSERT 0 0 -- Insertion skipped and AFTER trigger is not fired => SELECT * FROM ttest; x --- (0 rows) => INSERT INTO ttest VALUES (1); INFO: trigf (fired before): there are 0 rows in ttest INFO: trigf (fired after ): there are 1 rows in ttest ^^^^^^^^ remember what we said about visibility. INSERT 167793 1 vac=> SELECT * FROM ttest; x --- 1 (1 row) => INSERT INTO ttest SELECT x * 2 FROM ttest; INFO: trigf (fired before): there are 1 rows in ttest INFO: trigf (fired after ): there are 2 rows in ttest ^^^^^^ remember what we said about visibility. INSERT 167794 1 => SELECT * FROM ttest; x --- 1 2 (2 rows) => UPDATE ttest SET x = NULL WHERE x = 2; INFO: trigf (fired before): there are 2 rows in ttest UPDATE 0 => UPDATE ttest SET x = 4 WHERE x = 2; INFO: trigf (fired before): there are 2 rows in ttest INFO: trigf (fired after ): there are 2 rows in ttest UPDATE 1 vac=> SELECT * FROM ttest; x --- 1 4 (2 rows) => DELETE FROM ttest; INFO: trigf (fired before): there are 2 rows in ttest INFO: trigf (fired after ): there are 1 rows in ttest INFO: trigf (fired before): there are 1 rows in ttest INFO: trigf (fired after ): there are 0 rows in ttest ^^^^^^ remember what we said about visibility. DELETE 2 => SELECT * FROM ttest; x --- (0 rows)
There are more complex examples in src/test/regress/regress.c and in contrib/spi.