Re: handing created and updated fields

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:16:03AM -0500, Sven Willenberger wrote:
> These could also be combined into one trigger since they are nearly
> identical anyway:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION combined_trigger() RETURNS TRIGGER AS '
> BEGIN
>    NEW.update := CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
>    IF TG_OP = ''INSERT'' THEN
>       NEW.created := CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
>    ELSE
>       NEW.created := OLD.created;
>    END IF;
>    RETURN NEW;
> END;
> ' LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Excellent; any idea which would perform better (combined v. separate
trigger function)?
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