PostgreSQL 删除触发器

PostgreSQL Delete Trigger

我正在 PGAdminIII 上创建一个触发器,我想在其中删除在另一个 table 上具有外键的行。但是我遇到了语法错误,我找不到问题出在哪里:

CREATE TRIGGER clienteDelete
BEFORE DELETE ON cliente
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    DELETE FROM contacto WHERE contacto.id = OLD.contacto_idcontacto;
END;

ERROR:  syntax error at or near "BEGIN"
LINE 4: BEGIN
        ^

********** Error **********

ERROR: syntax error at or near "BEGIN"
SQL state: 42601
Character: 68

我不习惯 Postgres 上的触发器语法,但根据 SQL 标准,这是我所知道的。任何帮助将不胜感激

所以 Postgresql 触发器有一些限制,例如

PostgreSQL only allows the execution of a user-defined function for the triggered action.

因此,要完成您想要的,您需要定义一个函数并让触发器触发该函数。这样的事情应该有效:

CREATE FUNCTION clienteDelete() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $_$
BEGIN
    DELETE FROM contacto WHERE contacto.id = OLD.contacto_idcontacto;
    RETURN OLD;
END $_$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

触发器:

CREATE TRIGGER delete_contacto 
BEFORE DELETE ON cliente 
FOR EACH ROW 
EXECUTE PROCEDURE clienteDelete();

虽然我不是 Postgresql 专家,所以希望上面的代码不完美。