"Rolf A. de By" <deby@itc.nl> writes:
> Yes, this is an inheritance set-up. But actually no: I am executing all
> my data changes against the parent table, and want the trigger on that
> parent table to fire for an insert on the parent table as it does. But
> I also want the trigger to fire when an update on the parent table is
> executed, and this does not happen.
There is no update on any row in the parent table. The update is on a
row in a child table.
regards, tom lane