Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
> How can I reference any NEW field in an insert/update trigger function?
> When someone inserts or updates any field with a single asterisk (*), I
> need it to become '%%%'. But if they use an asterisk in any combination
> with other fields, then I want to TRANSLATE those asterisks to a single
> '%'.
You can't do that with PL/pgSQL. You can with other languages like
PL/Perl though (which has better tools for string treatment, so it is a
good idea anyway).
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