Problem "solved".
"found" will be true of false depending on the trigger action.
update done -> found = true, update not done -> found=false.
But: The trigger sometimes allows updates where no data has been changed! That is another problem to be solved :(
Regards
walter
Hi,
i'm doing a lot of updates in my database, but most of them are not necessary at all (sorry, just detected it)
Therefore i installed a trigger to minimize real updates.
create trigger suppress_redundant_updates_boundaries
before update on boundaries
for each row execute procedure suppress_redundant_updates_trigger();
Is there a way to get the count of the real table updates?
Using pl/pgsql i'm updating boundaries with
update boundaries
set id = bT2.id,
country = bT2.country,
type = 'admin',
value = bT2.value,
...
,qm = bT2.qm
,lwqm = st_area(geography(coalesce(xlandarea,rT.way)))
where id = bT2.id;
if (found) then
if (debug > 0) then raise notice 'real db update of % done 2', bT2.id; end if;
updatedDB := updatedDB + 1;
end if;
i get a "wrong" result, because "found" is always true, even when the records are identical (hope so) and an update should be suppressed by the trigger.
Question: will "found" be set when update has been blocked by the trigger - or does that not matter?
if "found" is always true: what else can i do?
regards
walter