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CREATE EVENT TRIGGERCREATE EVENT TRIGGER — define a new event trigger
SynopsisCREATE EVENT TRIGGERDescriptionname
ONevent
[ WHENfilter_variable
IN (filter_value
[, ... ]) [ AND ... ] ] EXECUTE { FUNCTION | PROCEDURE }function_name
()
CREATE EVENT TRIGGER
creates a new event trigger. Whenever the designated event occurs and the WHEN
condition associated with the trigger, if any, is satisfied, the trigger function will be executed. For a general introduction to event triggers, see Chapter 39. The user who creates an event trigger becomes its owner.
name
The name to give the new trigger. This name must be unique within the database.
event
The name of the event that triggers a call to the given function. See Section 39.1 for more information on event names.
filter_variable
The name of a variable used to filter events. This makes it possible to restrict the firing of the trigger to a subset of the cases in which it is supported. Currently the only supported filter_variable
is TAG
.
filter_value
A list of values for the associated filter_variable
for which the trigger should fire. For TAG
, this means a list of command tags (e.g., 'DROP FUNCTION'
).
function_name
A user-supplied function that is declared as taking no argument and returning type event_trigger
.
In the syntax of CREATE EVENT TRIGGER
, the keywords FUNCTION
and PROCEDURE
are equivalent, but the referenced function must in any case be a function, not a procedure. The use of the keyword PROCEDURE
here is historical and deprecated.
Only superusers can create event triggers.
Event triggers are disabled in single-user mode (see postgres). If an erroneous event trigger disables the database so much that you can't even drop the trigger, restart in single-user mode and you'll be able to do that.
ExamplesForbid the execution of any DDL command:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION abort_any_command() RETURNS event_trigger LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$ BEGIN RAISE EXCEPTION 'command % is disabled', tg_tag; END; $$; CREATE EVENT TRIGGER abort_ddl ON ddl_command_start EXECUTE FUNCTION abort_any_command();Compatibility
There is no CREATE EVENT TRIGGER
statement in the SQL standard.
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