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Find a more recent version at Firebird 5.0 Language Reference: UPDATING
Available in: PSQL
Added in: 1.5
Description: Available in triggers only, UPDATING indicates if the trigger fired
because of an UPDATE 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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