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Doc: clarify how triggers relate to transactions.

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Laurenz Albe, per gripe from Nathan Long.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/161953360822.695.15805897835151971142@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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Tom Lane
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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml
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@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] [ CONSTRAINT ] TRIGGER <replaceable class="parameter">name
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
<indexterm>
<primary>trigger</primary>
<secondary>constraint trigger</secondary>
</indexterm>
When the <literal>CONSTRAINT</literal> option is specified, this command creates a When the <literal>CONSTRAINT</literal> option is specified, this command creates a
<firstterm>constraint trigger</firstterm>. This is the same as a regular trigger <firstterm>constraint trigger</firstterm>. This is the same as a regular trigger
except that the timing of the trigger firing can be adjusted using except that the timing of the trigger firing can be adjusted using

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row in the view is identified as needing to be operated on. row in the view is identified as needing to be operated on.
</para> </para>
<para>
The execution of an <literal>AFTER</literal> trigger can be deferred
to the end of the transaction, rather than the end of the statement,
if it was defined as a <firstterm>constraint trigger</firstterm>.
In all cases, a trigger is executed as part of the same transaction as
the statement that triggered it, so if either the statement or the
trigger causes an error, the effects of both will be rolled back.
</para>
<para> <para>
A statement that targets a parent table in an inheritance or partitioning A statement that targets a parent table in an inheritance or partitioning
hierarchy does not cause the statement-level triggers of affected child hierarchy does not cause the statement-level triggers of affected child