Hi All,
I just built the trigger function below to gaurantee that the width entered in
a table is always less than the length. It seems to work but I would like to
know if there is a better (more concise, faster) way of providing this
functionality.
Kind Regards,
Keith
-- Function: tf_width_lt_length()
-- DROP FUNCTION tf_width_lt_length();
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION tf_width_lt_length()
RETURNS "trigger" AS
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DECLARE
v_quantity FLOAT4;
BEGIN
-- If width is greater than length reverse their values.
IF NEW.width_in > NEW.length_in THEN
v_quantity := NEW.width_in;
NEW.width_in := NEW.length_in;
NEW.length_in := v_quantity;
END IF;
RETURN NEW;
END;
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LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
ALTER FUNCTION tf_width_lt_length() OWNER TO postgres;
GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION tf_width_lt_length() TO postgres;
GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION tf_width_lt_length() TO public;
-- Trigger: tgr_width_lt_length on tbl_data
-- DROP TRIGGER tgr_width_lt_length ON tbl_data
CREATE TRIGGER tgr_width_lt_length
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE
ON tbl_data
FOR EACH ROW
EXECUTE PROCEDURE tf_width_lt_length();