On 01/05/15 16:10, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2015-05-01 10:06:42 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
>>> would you rather have EXCLUDED.data refer to the tuple version from
>>> VALUES (or a SELECT or ...) or to version from the BEFORE trigger?
>>
>> I think it would be completely shocking if it didn't refer to the
>> version returned by the BEFORE trigger. My interpretation of the
>> semantics of BEFORE triggers is that, once the trigger has fired and
>> returned a new tuple, things should proceed just as if that new tuple
>> were the one originally provided by the user.
>
> Well, it's a BEFORE INSERT trigger, not a BEFORE UPDATE, that's why I'm
> not so sure that argument applies.
>
> Peter also leaned in "your" direction and you apparently have a strong
> opinion on it... So I guess that'll be it unless somebody else weighs
> in.
>
FWIW I am also leaning towards what Robert says.
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