PostgreSQL - How to keep a column updated
I'm new to SQL and I'm trying to update a column (ex_counter) of a table (ex_table). This column consists of a counter of the number of times an ID (ex_id) appears on a second table (ex2_id in ex2_table).
An ID can be inserted into the second table at any moment. If that ID is already existing, the counter of its corresponding ID in the first table must be updated (by simply adding 1, I guess).
These are the two tables:
CREATE TABLE ex_table(
ex_id SMALLINT,
ex_counter SMALLINT;)
CREATE TABLE ex2_table(
ex2_id SMALLINT;)
I think it should be done more or less like this. The commented code is the pseudocode that I don't know how to implement:
CREATE TRIGGER ex_trigger AFTER
INSERT ON ex2_table
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE ex_func();
CREATE FUNCTION ex_func() RETURNS trigger AS $$ BEGIN
/*
if ex2_id = ex_id
ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
*/
RETURN NULL;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Thanks in advance!
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I'm new to SQL and I'm trying to update a column (ex_counter) of a table (ex_table). This column consists of a counter of the number of times an ID (ex_id) appears on a second table (ex2_id in ex2_table).
An ID can be inserted into the second table at any moment. If that ID is already existing, the counter of its corresponding ID in the first table must be updated (by simply adding 1, I guess).
These are the two tables:
CREATE TABLE ex_table(
ex_id SMALLINT,
ex_counter SMALLINT;)
CREATE TABLE ex2_table(
ex2_id SMALLINT;)
I think it should be done more or less like this. The commented code is the pseudocode that I don't know how to implement:
CREATE TRIGGER ex_trigger AFTER
INSERT ON ex2_table
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE ex_func();
CREATE FUNCTION ex_func() RETURNS trigger AS $$ BEGIN
/*
if ex2_id = ex_id
ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
*/
RETURN NULL;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Thanks in advance!
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I'm new to SQL and I'm trying to update a column (ex_counter) of a table (ex_table). This column consists of a counter of the number of times an ID (ex_id) appears on a second table (ex2_id in ex2_table).
An ID can be inserted into the second table at any moment. If that ID is already existing, the counter of its corresponding ID in the first table must be updated (by simply adding 1, I guess).
These are the two tables:
CREATE TABLE ex_table(
ex_id SMALLINT,
ex_counter SMALLINT;)
CREATE TABLE ex2_table(
ex2_id SMALLINT;)
I think it should be done more or less like this. The commented code is the pseudocode that I don't know how to implement:
CREATE TRIGGER ex_trigger AFTER
INSERT ON ex2_table
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE ex_func();
CREATE FUNCTION ex_func() RETURNS trigger AS $$ BEGIN
/*
if ex2_id = ex_id
ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
*/
RETURN NULL;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Thanks in advance!
sql postgresql database-trigger
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I'm new to SQL and I'm trying to update a column (ex_counter) of a table (ex_table). This column consists of a counter of the number of times an ID (ex_id) appears on a second table (ex2_id in ex2_table).
An ID can be inserted into the second table at any moment. If that ID is already existing, the counter of its corresponding ID in the first table must be updated (by simply adding 1, I guess).
These are the two tables:
CREATE TABLE ex_table(
ex_id SMALLINT,
ex_counter SMALLINT;)
CREATE TABLE ex2_table(
ex2_id SMALLINT;)
I think it should be done more or less like this. The commented code is the pseudocode that I don't know how to implement:
CREATE TRIGGER ex_trigger AFTER
INSERT ON ex2_table
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE ex_func();
CREATE FUNCTION ex_func() RETURNS trigger AS $$ BEGIN
/*
if ex2_id = ex_id
ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
*/
RETURN NULL;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Thanks in advance!
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Something like this
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ex_table WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id) THEN
UPDATE ex_table
SET ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id
ELSE
INSERT INTO ex_table VALUES (new.ex2_id, 1)
END IF;
Note that it is no point really to store a counter since you so easily can retrieve the value by doing a SELECT COUNT()...
answered Nov 25 '18 at 8:21
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Something like this
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ex_table WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id) THEN
UPDATE ex_table
SET ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id
ELSE
INSERT INTO ex_table VALUES (new.ex2_id, 1)
END IF;
Note that it is no point really to store a counter since you so easily can retrieve the value by doing a SELECT COUNT()...
answered Nov 25 '18 at 8:21
Joakim DanielsonJoakim Danielson
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Something like this
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ex_table WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id) THEN
UPDATE ex_table
SET ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id
ELSE
INSERT INTO ex_table VALUES (new.ex2_id, 1)
END IF;
Note that it is no point really to store a counter since you so easily can retrieve the value by doing a SELECT COUNT()...
answered Nov 25 '18 at 8:21
Joakim DanielsonJoakim Danielson
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Something like this
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ex_table WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id) THEN
UPDATE ex_table
SET ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id
ELSE
INSERT INTO ex_table VALUES (new.ex2_id, 1)
END IF;
Note that it is no point really to store a counter since you so easily can retrieve the value by doing a SELECT COUNT()...
answered Nov 25 '18 at 8:21
Joakim DanielsonJoakim Danielson
7,8743724
Something like this
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ex_table WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id) THEN
UPDATE ex_table
SET ex_counter = ex_counter + 1
WHERE ex_id = new.ex2_id
ELSE
INSERT INTO ex_table VALUES (new.ex2_id, 1)
END IF;
Note that it is no point really to store a counter since you so easily can retrieve the value by doing a SELECT COUNT()...
answered Nov 25 '18 at 8:21
Joakim DanielsonJoakim Danielson
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answered Nov 25 '18 at 8:21
Joakim DanielsonJoakim Danielson
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answered Nov 25 '18 at 8:21
Joakim DanielsonJoakim Danielson
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answered Nov 25 '18 at 8:21
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