The point is that DELETE triggers cannot modify any values.
Reported-by: Eugen Konkov
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/
919823407.
20191029175436@yandex.ru
Backpatch-through: 9.4
used to signal that the trigger performed the necessary data
modifications in the view. This will cause the count of the number
of rows affected by the command to be incremented. For
- <command>INSERT</> and <command>UPDATE</> operations, the trigger
+ <command>INSERT</> and <command>UPDATE</> operations only, the trigger
may modify the <varname>NEW</> row before returning it. This will
change the data returned by
<command>INSERT RETURNING</> or <command>UPDATE RETURNING</>,