Re: Way to quickly detect if database tables/columns/etc. were modified?

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net> wrote:

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 09:14:07AM -0400, Melvin Davidson wrote:

>> Maybe create an event trigger that updates a simple table with the last
>> modification time or sends a notification?
...
> That would certainly work, but
> the problem is, that trigger would have to be created for every table in
> the database. When you have more than a couple dozen tables, as in
> hundreds, it becsmes a huge undertaking.*--

Well, it could be generated.

Karsten
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>Well, it could be generated.

True, but it still is more code to maintain, whereas I maintain the addition addition of one column in pg_class and pg_attribute with a default of now()

would make more sense. That being said, there were so many naysayers grasping at corner cases the last time I brought this up I have given up

pursuing it.

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