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Overview of Event Trigger Behavior</h2></div></div></div><p> + An event trigger fires whenever the event with which it is associated + occurs in the database in which it is defined. Currently, the only + supported events are + <code class="literal">ddl_command_start</code>, + <code class="literal">ddl_command_end</code>, + <code class="literal">table_rewrite</code> + and <code class="literal">sql_drop</code>. + Support for additional events may be added in future releases. + </p><p> + The <code class="literal">ddl_command_start</code> event occurs just before the + execution of a <code class="literal">CREATE</code>, <code class="literal">ALTER</code>, <code class="literal">DROP</code>, + <code class="literal">SECURITY LABEL</code>, + <code class="literal">COMMENT</code>, <code class="literal">GRANT</code> or <code class="literal">REVOKE</code> + command. No check whether the affected object exists or doesn't exist is + performed before the event trigger fires. + As an exception, however, this event does not occur for + DDL commands targeting shared objects — databases, roles, and tablespaces + — or for commands targeting event triggers themselves. The event trigger + mechanism does not support these object types. + <code class="literal">ddl_command_start</code> also occurs just before the execution of a + <code class="literal">SELECT INTO</code> command, since this is equivalent to + <code class="literal">CREATE TABLE AS</code>. + </p><p> + The <code class="literal">ddl_command_end</code> event occurs just after the execution of + this same set of commands. To obtain more details on the <acronym class="acronym">DDL</acronym> + operations that took place, use the set-returning function + <code class="literal">pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands()</code> from the + <code class="literal">ddl_command_end</code> event trigger code (see + <a class="xref" href="functions-event-triggers.html" title="9.29. Event Trigger Functions">Section 9.29</a>). Note that the trigger fires + after the actions have taken place (but before the transaction commits), + and thus the system catalogs can be read as already changed. + </p><p> + The <code class="literal">sql_drop</code> event occurs just before the + <code class="literal">ddl_command_end</code> event trigger for any operation that drops + database objects. To list the objects that have been dropped, use the + set-returning function <code class="literal">pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects()</code> from the + <code class="literal">sql_drop</code> event trigger code (see + <a class="xref" href="functions-event-triggers.html" title="9.29. Event Trigger Functions">Section 9.29</a>). Note that + the trigger is executed after the objects have been deleted from the + system catalogs, so it's not possible to look them up anymore. + </p><p> + The <code class="literal">table_rewrite</code> event occurs just before a table is + rewritten by some actions of the commands <code class="literal">ALTER TABLE</code> and + <code class="literal">ALTER TYPE</code>. While other + control statements are available to rewrite a table, + like <code class="literal">CLUSTER</code> and <code class="literal">VACUUM</code>, + the <code class="literal">table_rewrite</code> event is not triggered by them. + </p><p> + Event triggers (like other functions) cannot be executed in an aborted + transaction. Thus, if a DDL command fails with an error, any associated + <code class="literal">ddl_command_end</code> triggers will not be executed. Conversely, + if a <code class="literal">ddl_command_start</code> trigger fails with an error, no + further event triggers will fire, and no attempt will be made to execute + the command itself. Similarly, if a <code class="literal">ddl_command_end</code> trigger + fails with an error, the effects of the DDL statement will be rolled + back, just as they would be in any other case where the containing + transaction aborts. + </p><p> + For a complete list of commands supported by the event trigger mechanism, + see <a class="xref" href="event-trigger-matrix.html" title="40.2. Event Trigger Firing Matrix">Section 40.2</a>. + </p><p> + Event triggers are created using the command <a class="xref" href="sql-createeventtrigger.html" title="CREATE EVENT TRIGGER"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE EVENT TRIGGER</span></a>. + In order to create an event trigger, you must first create a function with + the special return type <code class="literal">event_trigger</code>. This function + need not (and may not) return a value; the return type serves merely as + a signal that the function is to be invoked as an event trigger. + </p><p> + If more than one event trigger is defined for a particular event, they will + fire in alphabetical order by trigger name. + </p><p> + A trigger definition can also specify a <code class="literal">WHEN</code> + condition so that, for example, a <code class="literal">ddl_command_start</code> + trigger can be fired only for particular commands which the user wishes + to intercept. A common use of such triggers is to restrict the range of + DDL operations which users may perform. + </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="event-triggers.html" title="Chapter 40. Event Triggers">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="event-triggers.html" title="Chapter 40. 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