PostgreSQL provides these helper functions to retrieve information from event triggers.
For more information about event triggers, see Chapter 39.
pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands
returns a list of DDL commands executed by each user action, when invoked in a function attached to a ddl_command_end
event trigger. If called in any other context, an error is raised. pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands
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:
pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects
returns a list of all objects dropped by the command in whose sql_drop
event it is called. If called in any other context, an error is raised. This function returns the following columns:
The pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects
function can be used in an event trigger like this:
The functions shown in Table 9.98 provide information about a table for which a table_rewrite
event has just been called. If called in any other context, an error is raised.
These functions can be used in an event trigger like this:
Name
Type
Description
classid
oid
OID of catalog the object belongs in
objid
oid
OID of the object itself
objsubid
integer
Sub-object ID (e.g., attribute number for a column)
command_tag
text
Command tag
object_type
text
Type of the object
schema_name
text
Name of the schema the object belongs in, if any; otherwise NULL
. No quoting is applied.
object_identity
text
Text rendering of the object identity, schema-qualified. Each identifier included in the identity is quoted if necessary.
in_extension
boolean
True if the command is part of an extension script
command
pg_ddl_command
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.
Name
Type
Description
classid
oid
OID of catalog the object belonged in
objid
oid
OID of the object itself
objsubid
integer
Sub-object ID (e.g., attribute number for a column)
original
boolean
True if this was one of the root object(s) of the deletion
normal
boolean
True if there was a normal dependency relationship in the dependency graph leading to this object
is_temporary
boolean
True if this was a temporary object
object_type
text
Type of the object
schema_name
text
Name of the schema the object belonged in, if any; otherwise NULL
. No quoting is applied.
object_name
text
Name of the object, if the combination of schema and name can be used as a unique identifier for the object; otherwise NULL
. No quoting is applied, and name is never schema-qualified.
object_identity
text
Text rendering of the object identity, schema-qualified. Each identifier included in the identity is quoted if necessary.
address_names
text[]
An array that, together with object_type
and address_args
, can be used by the pg_get_object_address
function to recreate the object address in a remote server containing an identically named object of the same kind.
address_args
text[]
Complement for address_names
Function
Description
pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid
() → oid
Returns the OID of the table about to be rewritten.
pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_reason
() → integer
Returns a code explaining the reason(s) for rewriting. The exact meaning of the codes is release dependent.