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INSERTING

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Available in: PSQL

Added in: 1.5

Description: Available in triggers only, INSERTING indicates if the trigger fired because of an INSERT operation. Intended for use in multi-action triggers.

Type: boolean

Example: 

if (inserting or updating) then
begin
  if (new.serial_num is null) then
    new.serial_num = gen_id(gen_serials, 1);
end
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