Is there a way to avoid trigger self-recursion?
In other words, update a table and have the trigger update another row in
the same table without calling the same trigger?
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On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 01:41:29PM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote:
> Is there a way to avoid trigger self-recursion?
> In other words, update a table and have the trigger update another row in
> the same table without calling the same trigger?
No, although generally it's a sign of a coding problem. If you
Sim Zacks wrote:
Is there a way to avoid trigger self-recursion?
In other words, update a table and have the trigger update another row in
the same table without calling the same trigger?
No a per-row trigger will fire for every row updated.
There is presumably some test you can make to see wh
Basically I have a table that is not fully normalized. When the user
updates a field that has a "duplicate" I would like it to update those
duplicate rows as well.
The code is very straightforward.
Update table1 set f1=new.f1,f2=new.f2,f3=new.f3 where pk<>new.pk
and f4=new.f4 and f5=new.f5
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 02:20:57PM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote:
> Basically I have a table that is not fully normalized. When the user
> updates a field that has a "duplicate" I would like it to update those
> duplicate rows as well.
> The code is very straightforward.
>
> Update table1 set f1=new.
Good point. I don't know how I missed that one.
Thank You
Sim
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 02:20:57PM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote:
> Basically I have a table that is not fully normalized. When the user
> updates a field that
