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+ <sect1 id="functions-event-triggers">
+ <title>Event Trigger Functions</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides these helper functions
+ to retrieve information from event triggers.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For more information about event triggers,
+ see <xref linkend="event-triggers"/>.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2 id="pg-event-trigger-ddl-command-end-functions">
+ <title>Capturing Changes at Command End</title>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+<synopsis>
+<function>pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands</function> () <returnvalue>setof record</returnvalue>
+</synopsis>
+
+ <para>
+ <function>pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands</function> returns a list of
+ <acronym>DDL</acronym> commands executed by each user action,
+ when invoked in a function attached to a
+ <literal>ddl_command_end</literal> event trigger. If called in any other
+ context, an error is raised.
+ <function>pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands</function> returns one row for each
+ base command executed; some commands that are a single SQL sentence
+ may return more than one row. This function returns the following
+ columns:
+
+ <informaltable>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>classid</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>oid</type></entry>
+ <entry>OID of catalog the object belongs in</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>objid</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>oid</type></entry>
+ <entry>OID of the object itself</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>objsubid</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>integer</type></entry>
+ <entry>Sub-object ID (e.g., attribute number for a column)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>command_tag</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>Command tag</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>object_type</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>Type of the object</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>schema_name</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Name of the schema the object belongs in, if any; otherwise <literal>NULL</literal>.
+ No quoting is applied.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>object_identity</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Text rendering of the object identity, schema-qualified. Each
+ identifier included in the identity is quoted if necessary.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>in_extension</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
+ <entry>True if the command is part of an extension script</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>command</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>pg_ddl_command</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ A complete representation of the command, in internal format.
+ This cannot be output directly, but it can be passed to other
+ functions to obtain different pieces of information about the
+ command.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="pg-event-trigger-sql-drop-functions">
+ <title>Processing Objects Dropped by a DDL Command</title>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+<synopsis>
+<function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</function> () <returnvalue>setof record</returnvalue>
+</synopsis>
+
+ <para>
+ <function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</function> returns a list of all objects
+ dropped by the command in whose <literal>sql_drop</literal> event it is called.
+ If called in any other context, an error is raised.
+ This function returns the following columns:
+
+ <informaltable>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>classid</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>oid</type></entry>
+ <entry>OID of catalog the object belonged in</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>objid</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>oid</type></entry>
+ <entry>OID of the object itself</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>objsubid</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>integer</type></entry>
+ <entry>Sub-object ID (e.g., attribute number for a column)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>original</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
+ <entry>True if this was one of the root object(s) of the deletion</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>normal</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ True if there was a normal dependency relationship
+ in the dependency graph leading to this object
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>is_temporary</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ True if this was a temporary object
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>object_type</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>Type of the object</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>schema_name</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Name of the schema the object belonged in, if any; otherwise <literal>NULL</literal>.
+ No quoting is applied.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>object_name</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Name of the object, if the combination of schema and name can be
+ used as a unique identifier for the object; otherwise <literal>NULL</literal>.
+ No quoting is applied, and name is never schema-qualified.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>object_identity</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Text rendering of the object identity, schema-qualified. Each
+ identifier included in the identity is quoted if necessary.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>address_names</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text[]</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ An array that, together with <literal>object_type</literal> and
+ <literal>address_args</literal>, can be used by
+ the <function>pg_get_object_address</function> function to
+ recreate the object address in a remote server containing an
+ identically named object of the same kind.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>address_args</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>text[]</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Complement for <literal>address_names</literal>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</function> function can be used
+ in an event trigger like this:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_for_drops()
+ RETURNS event_trigger LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
+DECLARE
+ obj record;
+BEGIN
+ FOR obj IN SELECT * FROM pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects()
+ LOOP
+ RAISE NOTICE '% dropped object: % %.% %',
+ tg_tag,
+ obj.object_type,
+ obj.schema_name,
+ obj.object_name,
+ obj.object_identity;
+ END LOOP;
+END;
+$$;
+CREATE EVENT TRIGGER test_event_trigger_for_drops
+ ON sql_drop
+ EXECUTE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_for_drops();
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="pg-event-trigger-table-rewrite-functions">
+ <title>Handling a Table Rewrite Event</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The functions shown in
+ <xref linkend="functions-event-trigger-table-rewrite"/>
+ provide information about a table for which a
+ <literal>table_rewrite</literal> event has just been called.
+ If called in any other context, an error is raised.
+ </para>
+
+ <table id="functions-event-trigger-table-rewrite">
+ <title>Table Rewrite Information Functions</title>
+ <tgroup cols="1">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+ Function
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Description
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid</function> ()
+ <returnvalue>oid</returnvalue>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Returns the OID of the table about to be rewritten.
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_reason</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_reason</function> ()
+ <returnvalue>integer</returnvalue>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Returns a code explaining the reason(s) for rewriting. The value is
+ a bitmap built from the following values: <literal>1</literal>
+ (the table has changed its persistence), <literal>2</literal>
+ (default value of a column has changed), <literal>4</literal>
+ (a column has a new data type) and <literal>8</literal>
+ (the table access method has changed).
+ </para></entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <para>
+ These functions can be used in an event trigger like this:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid()
+ RETURNS event_trigger
+ LANGUAGE plpgsql AS
+$$
+BEGIN
+ RAISE NOTICE 'rewriting table % for reason %',
+ pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid()::regclass,
+ pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_reason();
+END;
+$$;
+
+CREATE EVENT TRIGGER test_table_rewrite_oid
+ ON table_rewrite
+ EXECUTE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid();
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>