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3 Event trigger functions can be written in PL/Tcl.
4 <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> requires that a function that is
5 to be called as an event trigger must be declared as a function with no
6 arguments and a return type of <code class="literal">event_trigger</code>.
8 The information from the trigger manager is passed to the function body
9 in the following variables:
11 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="varname">$TG_event</code></span></dt><dd><p>
12 The name of the event the trigger is fired for.
13 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="varname">$TG_tag</code></span></dt><dd><p>
14 The command tag for which the trigger is fired.
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17 The return value of the trigger function is ignored.
19 Here's a little example event trigger function that simply raises
20 a <code class="literal">NOTICE</code> message each time a supported command is
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24 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION tclsnitch() RETURNS event_trigger AS $$
25 elog NOTICE "tclsnitch: $TG_event $TG_tag"
28 CREATE EVENT TRIGGER tcl_a_snitch ON ddl_command_start EXECUTE FUNCTION tclsnitch();
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