On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Stuart wrote: > Folks, > > I was wandering if there was a feasible way to automatically update a field > in a table, say 'revision_date' in a record whenever any other field in the > record is changed. My attempts to use a trigger caused repeating loops and > bombed with error. I would like to be able to update such a field > automatically anytime a record was updated. Any help would be appreciated.
That seems like a job for a before trigger and changing the to be update/inerted record before the action occurs in general. Don't use an update statement but change the record variables given as the NEW row. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html