Trigger Functions

PostgreSQL 7.4.18 Documentation
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# 40.2. Trigger Functions

When a function is used in a trigger, the dictionary `TD` contains trigger-related values. The trigger rows are in `TD["new"]` and/or `TD["old"]` depending on the trigger event. `TD["event"]` contains the event as a string (`INSERT`, `UPDATE`, `DELETE`, or `UNKNOWN`). `TD["when"]` contains one of `BEFORE`, `AFTER`, and `UNKNOWN`. `TD["level"]` contains one of `ROW`, `STATEMENT`, and `UNKNOWN`. `TD["name"]` contains the trigger name, and `TD["relid"]` contains the OID of the table on which the trigger occurred. If the trigger was called with arguments they are available in `TD["args"][0]` to `TD["args"][(n-1)]`.

If `TD["when"]` is `BEFORE`, you may return `None` or `"OK"` from the Python function to indicate the row is unmodified, `"SKIP"` to abort the event, or `"MODIFY"` to indicate you've modified the row.

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