On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:29 PM, Cory Tucker <cory.tuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to have the execution of a trigger (or any function) not > block the completion of the statement they are associated with? > > A pattern I had hoped to implement was to do a quick update of rows that > signaled they needed attention, and then an async per-row trigger would come > and do the maintenance (in this case, make an expensive materialized view). > > Any suggestions welcome.
Generally the idea is to (in the trigger) invoke some low risk quick action such as inserting a record in to a 'stuff to do' table. Then, some other process comes around and does the heavy lifting. merlin
