On 2/25/19 10:42 AM, wambacher@posteo.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i'm doing a lot of updates in my database, but most of them are not
> necessary at all (sorry, just detected it)
Would it not be easier to just not do the unnecessary updates?
Or to put it another way what distinguishes necessary/unnecessary?
>
> 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?
Untested:
IF NEW.* != OLD.* THEN
RETURN NEW.*
ELSE
RETURN NULL
END IF;
>
> regards
>
> walter
>
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