logtriga - generic table changes logger ======================================= logtriga provides generic table changes logging trigger. It prepares partial SQL statement about a change and gives it to user query. Usage ----- CREATE TRIGGER foo_log AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON foo_tbl FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE logtriga(column_types, query); Where column_types is a string where each charater defines type of that column. Known types: * k - one of primary key columns for table. * v - data column * i - uninteresting column, to be ignored. Trigger function prepares 2 string arguments for query and executes it. * $1 - Operation type: I/U/D. * $2 - Partial SQL for event playback. * INSERT INTO FOO_TBL (field, list) values (val1, val2) * UPDATE FOO_TBL SET field1 = val1, field2 = val2 where key1 = kval1 * DELETE FROM FOO_TBL WHERE key1 = keyval1 The upper-case part is left out. Example ------- Following query emulates Slony-I behaviour: insert into SL_SCHEMA.sl_log_1 (log_origin, log_xid, log_tableid, log_actionseq, log_cmdtype, log_cmddata) values (CLUSTER_IDENT, SL_SCHEMA.getCurrentXid(), TABLE_OID, nextval('SL_SCHEMA.sl_action_seq'), $1, $2) The upper-case strings should be replaced with actual values on trigger creation.