-- We do not need to run the trigger on deletes, as the only time we are deleting history is when the user -- has already been deleted -- This actually slows down deleting all the history a good bit! create or replace function user_history_count() returns trigger as $func$ begin if (TG_OP='INSERT') then update total_history_count_user set total = total + 1 where user_id = new.user_id; if not found then insert into total_history_count_user(user_id, total) values ( new.user_id, (select count(1) from history where user_id = new.user_id) ); end if; end if; return NEW; -- this is actually ignored for an after trigger, but oh well end; $func$ language plpgsql volatile -- pldfplplpflh cost 100; -- default value create or replace trigger tg_user_history_count after insert on history for each row execute procedure user_history_count();