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<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en">
<a name="sql-createconstraint"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER &#8212; define a new constraint trigger</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
    AFTER <em class="replaceable"><code>events</code></em> ON
    <em class="replaceable"><code>tablename</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>constraint</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>attributes</code></em>
    FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE <em class="replaceable"><code>funcname</code></em> ( <em class="replaceable"><code>args</code></em> )</pre>
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<a name="id753741"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>   <code class="command">CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER</code> is used within
   <code class="command">CREATE TABLE</code>/<code class="command">ALTER TABLE</code> and by
   <span class="application">pg_dump</span>  to  create  the  special  triggers  for
   referential  integrity.
   It is not intended for general use.
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<a name="id753776"></a><h2>Parameters</h2>
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<dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>	The name of the constraint trigger.
       </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>events</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>	The event categories for which this trigger should be fired.
       </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>tablename</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>	The name (possibly schema-qualified) of the table in which
	the triggering events occur.
       </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>constraint</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>	Actual constraint specification.
       </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>attributes</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>	The constraint attributes.
       </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>funcname</code></em>(<em class="replaceable"><code>args</code></em>)</span></dt>
<dd><p>	The function to call as part of the trigger processing.
       </p></dd>
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