Hi,
My boss wants to add some logging functionality to some of our tables on update/delete/insert. I need to log who, when, table_name, field name, original value and new value for each record, but only logging modified fields, and he wants me to do this wing postgres pgSQL triggers.
We are given 10 automatically created variables. Some of which I know I can use: NEW, OLD, TG_WHEN, TG_OP and TG_RELNAME. I can use these to get general information for the update, but when the trigger is called, I don't know how many fields are in the tables that are being updated.
My questions are: Is there a way I can dynamically determine the number of fields in the row that is being maintained. (a function much like: PQnfields(const PGresult *); )
Then I need a way to get the name of the field (using a function much like: PQfname(const PGresult *, int); )
Using the dynamically generated name I could then walk the NEW and OLD rows to compare the values. (e.g. if (NEW.field != OLD.field) do something;);
Can anyone help me with this? Thank you in advance.
Tim V.